ἀσφάλτιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.pʰál.ti.on/ → /asˈɸal.ti.on/ → /asˈfal.ti.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.pʰál.ti.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /asˈpʰal.ti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /asˈɸal.ti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /asˈfal.ti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /asˈfal.ti.on/

Noun

ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον • (asphắltĭon) n (genitive ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ου); second declension

1. pitch trefoil (Bituminaria bituminosa)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον; τοῦ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον tò asphắltĭon	τὼ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ω tṑ asphăltĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐᾰ tằ asphắltĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ου toû asphăltĭ́ou	τοῖν ἀσφᾰλτῐ́οιν toîn asphăltĭ́oin	τῶν ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ων tôn asphăltĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ῳ tôi asphăltĭ́ōi	τοῖν ἀσφᾰλτῐ́οιν toîn asphăltĭ́oin	τοῖς ἀσφᾰλτῐ́οις toîs asphăltĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον tò asphắltĭon	τὼ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ω tṑ asphăltĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐᾰ tằ asphắltĭă
Vocative	ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον asphắltĭon	ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ω asphăltĭ́ō	ἀσφᾰ́λτῐᾰ asphắltĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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