ἀλφάδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἄλφα (álpha, “square”) +‎ -δῐον (-dĭon, 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 • (alphắdĭon) 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 alphắdĭon	τὼ ἀλφᾰδῐ́ω tṑ alphădĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἀλφᾰ́δῐᾰ tằ alphắdĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀλφᾰδῐ́ου toû alphădĭ́ou	τοῖν ἀλφᾰδῐ́οιν toîn alphădĭ́oin	τῶν ἀλφᾰδῐ́ων tôn alphădĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ἀλφᾰδῐ́ῳ tôi alphădĭ́ōi	τοῖν ἀλφᾰδῐ́οιν toîn alphădĭ́oin	τοῖς ἀλφᾰδῐ́οις toîs alphădĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ἀλφᾰ́δῐον tò alphắdĭon	τὼ ἀλφᾰδῐ́ω tṑ alphădĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἀλφᾰ́δῐᾰ tằ alphắdĭă
Vocative	ἀλφᾰ́δῐον alphắdĭon	ἀλφᾰδῐ́ω alphădĭ́ō	ἀλφᾰ́δῐᾰ alphắdĭă
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 (2006–2025)