ἐκτρόπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκτρέπω (ektrépō, “to turn inside out”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) +‎ τρέπω (trépō, “to turn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.tró.pi.on/ → /ekˈtro.pi.on/ → /ekˈtro.pi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.tró.pi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ekˈtro.pi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ekˈtro.pi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ekˈtro.pi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ekˈtro.pi.on/

Noun

ἐκτρόπῐον • (ektrópĭon) n (genitive ἐκτροπῐ́ου); second declension

1. an everted eyelid
   • 25 BC—50 AD, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina 7.7
   • 625 CE – 690 CE, Paul of Aegina, Medical Compendium in Seven Books 3.22

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐκτρόπῐον; τοῦ ἐκτροπῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐκτρόπῐον tò ektrópĭon	τὼ ἐκτροπῐ́ω tṑ ektropĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἐκτρόπῐᾰ tằ ektrópĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐκτροπῐ́ου toû ektropĭ́ou	τοῖν ἐκτροπῐ́οιν toîn ektropĭ́oin	τῶν ἐκτροπῐ́ων tôn ektropĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ἐκτροπῐ́ῳ tôi ektropĭ́ōi	τοῖν ἐκτροπῐ́οιν toîn ektropĭ́oin	τοῖς ἐκτροπῐ́οις toîs ektropĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ἐκτρόπῐον tò ektrópĭon	τὼ ἐκτροπῐ́ω tṑ ektropĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἐκτρόπῐᾰ tằ ektrópĭă
Vocative	ἐκτρόπῐον ektrópĭon	ἐκτροπῐ́ω ektropĭ́ō	ἐκτρόπῐᾰ ektrópĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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