χελωνάριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χελώνη (khelṓnē, “tortoise”) +‎ -ᾰ́ρῐον (-ắrĭon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰe.lɔː.ná.ri.on/ → /çe.loˈna.ri.on/ → /çe.loˈna.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰe.lɔː.ná.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰe.loˈna.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çe.loˈna.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çe.loˈna.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çe.loˈna.ri.on/

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Noun

χελωνᾰ́ρῐον • (khelōnắrĭon) n (genitive χελωνᾰρῐ́ου); second declension

1. inferior tortoise-shell
2. tailpiece, of the stand of a torsion-engine

Declension

Second declension of τὸ χελωνᾰ́ρῐον; τοῦ χελωνᾰρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χελωνᾰ́ρῐον tò khelōnắrĭon	τὼ χελωνᾰρῐ́ω tṑ khelōnărĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ χελωνᾰ́ρῐᾰ tằ khelōnắrĭă
Genitive	τοῦ χελωνᾰρῐ́ου toû khelōnărĭ́ou	τοῖν χελωνᾰρῐ́οιν toîn khelōnărĭ́oin	τῶν χελωνᾰρῐ́ων tôn khelōnărĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ χελωνᾰρῐ́ῳ tôi khelōnărĭ́ōi	τοῖν χελωνᾰρῐ́οιν toîn khelōnărĭ́oin	τοῖς χελωνᾰρῐ́οις toîs khelōnărĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ χελωνᾰ́ρῐον tò khelōnắrĭon	τὼ χελωνᾰρῐ́ω tṑ khelōnărĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ χελωνᾰ́ρῐᾰ tằ khelōnắrĭă
Vocative	χελωνᾰ́ρῐον khelōnắrĭon	χελωνᾰρῐ́ω khelōnărĭ́ō	χελωνᾰ́ρῐᾰ khelōnắrĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χελωνάριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χελωνάριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette