ἀσκίδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀσκός (askós, “leathern bag”) +‎ -ῐ́δῐον (-ĭ́dĭon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.kí.di.on/ → /asˈci.ði.on/ → /asˈci.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.kí.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /asˈki.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /asˈci.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /asˈci.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /asˈci.ði.on/

Noun

ἀσκῐ́δῐον • (askĭ́dĭon) n (genitive ἀσκῐδῐ́ου); second declension

1. small goatskin for wine or perfume

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἀσκῐ́δῐον; τοῦ ἀσκῐδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀσκῐ́δῐον tò askĭ́dĭon	τὼ ἀσκῐδῐ́ω tṑ askĭdĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἀσκῐ́δῐᾰ tằ askĭ́dĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀσκῐδῐ́ου toû askĭdĭ́ou	τοῖν ἀσκῐδῐ́οιν toîn askĭdĭ́oin	τῶν ἀσκῐδῐ́ων tôn askĭdĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ἀσκῐδῐ́ῳ tôi askĭdĭ́ōi	τοῖν ἀσκῐδῐ́οιν toîn askĭdĭ́oin	τοῖς ἀσκῐδῐ́οις toîs askĭdĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ἀσκῐ́δῐον tò askĭ́dĭon	τὼ ἀσκῐδῐ́ω tṑ askĭdĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἀσκῐ́δῐᾰ tằ askĭ́dĭă
Vocative	ἀσκῐ́δῐον askĭ́dĭon	ἀσκῐδῐ́ω askĭdĭ́ō	ἀσκῐ́δῐᾰ askĭ́dĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: ascidium
• → Translingual: Ascidia

References

• “ἀσκίδιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀσκίδιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσκίδιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)