χωρίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

χῶρος (khôros) or χώρᾱ (khṓrā, “place”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔː.rí.on/ → /xoˈri.on/ → /xoˈri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰɔː.rí.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰoˈri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xoˈri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xoˈri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xoˈri.on/

Noun

χωρῐ́ον • (khōríon) n (genitive χωρῐ́ου); second declension (Attic, Ionic)

1. place, spot, site
2. plot of land
3. landed estate
4. space, room
5. (geometry) area (in a figure)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ χωρῐ́ον; τοῦ χωρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χωρῐ́ον tò khōríon	τὼ χωρῐ́ω tṑ khōríō	τᾰ̀ χωρῐ́ᾰ tà khōría
Genitive	τοῦ χωρῐ́ου toû khōríou	τοῖν χωρῐ́οιν toîn khōríoin	τῶν χωρῐ́ων tôn khōríōn
Dative	τῷ χωρῐ́ῳ tôi khōríōi	τοῖν χωρῐ́οιν toîn khōríoin	τοῖς χωρῐ́οις toîs khōríois
Accusative	τὸ χωρῐ́ον tò khōríon	τὼ χωρῐ́ω tṑ khōríō	τᾰ̀ χωρῐ́ᾰ tà khōría
Vocative	χωρῐ́ον khōríon	χωρῐ́ω khōríō	χωρῐ́ᾰ khōría
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χωρίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χωρίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers