ἐργαλεῖον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐργαλήϊον (ergalḗïon) — Ionic
• ϝεργαλεῖον (wergaleîon) — Cretan

Etymology

From ἔργον (érgon, “work”) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /er.ɡa.lêː.on/ → /er.ɣaˈli.on/ → /er.ɣaˈli.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /er.ɡa.lêː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /er.ɡaˈli.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /er.ɣaˈli.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /er.ɣaˈli.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /er.ɣaˈli.on/

Noun

ἐργᾰλεῖον • (ergăleîon) n (genitive ἐργᾰλείου); second declension

1. tool, instrument

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἐργᾰλεῖον; τοῦ ἐργᾰλείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐργᾰλεῖον tò ergăleîon	τὼ ἐργᾰλείω tṑ ergăleíō	τᾰ̀ ἐργᾰλεῖᾰ tằ ergăleîă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐργᾰλείου toû ergăleíou	τοῖν ἐργᾰλείοιν toîn ergăleíoin	τῶν ἐργᾰλείων tôn ergăleíōn
Dative	τῷ ἐργᾰλείῳ tôi ergăleíōi	τοῖν ἐργᾰλείοιν toîn ergăleíoin	τοῖς ἐργᾰλείοις toîs ergăleíois
Accusative	τὸ ἐργᾰλεῖον tò ergăleîon	τὼ ἐργᾰλείω tṑ ergăleíō	τᾰ̀ ἐργᾰλεῖᾰ tằ ergăleîă
Vocative	ἐργᾰλεῖον ergăleîon	ἐργᾰλείω ergăleíō	ἐργᾰλεῖᾰ ergăleîă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐργαλίδιον (ergalídion)
• ἐργαλοθήκη (ergalothḗkē)

Descendants

• Greek: εργαλείο (ergaleío)
• → Latin: ergalium
  • Galician: argallo

Further reading

• “ἐργαλεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐργαλεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐργαλεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette