ψωμίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψωμός (psōmós, “morsel”) +‎ -ῐ́ον (-ĭ́on, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psoˈmi.on/ → /psoˈmi.on/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psoˈmi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psoˈmi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psoˈmi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psoˈmi.on/

Noun

ψωμῐ́ον • (psōmĭ́on) n (genitive ψωμῐ́ου); second declension (Koine)

1. small morsel

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ψωμῐ́ον; τοῦ ψωμῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψωμῐ́ον tò psōmĭ́on	τὼ ψωμῐ́ω tṑ psōmĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ψωμῐ́ᾰ tằ psōmĭ́ă
Genitive	τοῦ ψωμῐ́ου toû psōmĭ́ou	τοῖν ψωμῐ́οιν toîn psōmĭ́oin	τῶν ψωμῐ́ων tôn psōmĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ψωμῐ́ῳ tôi psōmĭ́ōi	τοῖν ψωμῐ́οιν toîn psōmĭ́oin	τοῖς ψωμῐ́οις toîs psōmĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ψωμῐ́ον tò psōmĭ́on	τὼ ψωμῐ́ω tṑ psōmĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ψωμῐ́ᾰ tằ psōmĭ́ă
Vocative	ψωμῐ́ον psōmĭ́on	ψωμῐ́ω psōmĭ́ō	ψωμῐ́ᾰ psōmĭ́ă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: ψωμίν (psōmín)
  • Italiot Greek: tzomì
  • Greek: ψωμί (psomí)

Further reading

• “ψωμίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ψωμίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ψωμίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette