ἀλφάδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἄλφα (álpha, “square”) +‎ -δῐον (-dion, diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /al.pʰá.di.on/ → /alˈɸa.ði.on/ → /alˈfa.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /al.pʰá.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /alˈpʰa.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /alˈɸa.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /alˈfa.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /alˈfa.ði.on/

Noun

ἀλφᾰ́δῐον • (alphádion) n (genitive ἀλφᾰδῐ́ου); second declension

1. carpenter's square

   Synonym: στάθμη (státhmē)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἀλφᾰ́δῐον; τοῦ ἀλφᾰδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀλφᾰ́δῐον tò alphádion	τὼ ἀλφᾰδῐ́ω tṑ alphadíō	τᾰ̀ ἀλφᾰ́δῐᾰ tà alphádia
Genitive	τοῦ ἀλφᾰδῐ́ου toû alphadíou	τοῖν ἀλφᾰδῐ́οιν toîn alphadíoin	τῶν ἀλφᾰδῐ́ων tôn alphadíōn
Dative	τῷ ἀλφᾰδῐ́ῳ tôi alphadíōi	τοῖν ἀλφᾰδῐ́οιν toîn alphadíoin	τοῖς ἀλφᾰδῐ́οις toîs alphadíois
Accusative	τὸ ἀλφᾰ́δῐον tò alphádion	τὼ ἀλφᾰδῐ́ω tṑ alphadíō	τᾰ̀ ἀλφᾰ́δῐᾰ tà alphádia
Vocative	ἀλφᾰ́δῐον alphádion	ἀλφᾰδῐ́ω alphadíō	ἀλφᾰ́δῐᾰ alphádia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αλφάδι (alfádi)

Further reading

• “ἀλφάδιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλφάδιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλφάδιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)