ψηφίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble”) +‎ -ίον (-íon, diminutive).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psɛː.pʰí.on/ → /psiˈɸi.on/ → /psiˈfi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psɛː.pʰí.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pse̝ˈpʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psiˈɸi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psiˈfi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psiˈfi.on/

Noun

ψηφίον • (psēphíon) n (genitive ψηφίου); second declension

1. small pebble, (piece of) gravel
2. pellet

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ψηφῐ́ον; τοῦ ψηφῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψηφῐ́ον tò psēphĭ́on	τὼ ψηφῐ́ω tṑ psēphĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ψηφῐ́ᾰ tằ psēphĭ́ă
Genitive	τοῦ ψηφῐ́ου toû psēphĭ́ou	τοῖν ψηφῐ́οιν toîn psēphĭ́oin	τῶν ψηφῐ́ων tôn psēphĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ψηφῐ́ῳ tôi psēphĭ́ōi	τοῖν ψηφῐ́οιν toîn psēphĭ́oin	τοῖς ψηφῐ́οις toîs psēphĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ψηφῐ́ον tò psēphĭ́on	τὼ ψηφῐ́ω tṑ psēphĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ψηφῐ́ᾰ tằ psēphĭ́ă
Vocative	ψηφῐ́ον psēphĭ́on	ψηφῐ́ω psēphĭ́ō	ψηφῐ́ᾰ psēphĭ́ă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ψηφίο (psifío)
• Mariupol Greek: пси́фу (psífu)

Further reading

• ψηφίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ψηφίον, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ψηφίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press