ἐρωμένιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐρώμενος (erṓmenos, “male beloved”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion, suffix forming neuter diminutives)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.rɔː.mé.ni.on/ → /e.roˈme.ni.on/ → /e.roˈme.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rɔː.mé.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.roˈme.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.roˈme.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.roˈme.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.roˈme.ni.on/

Noun

ἐρωμένῐον • (erōménion) n (genitive ἐρωμενῐ́ου); second declension

1. a little love, a darling
   • Palatine Anthology 11.168

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἐρωμένῐον; τοῦ ἐρωμενῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐρωμένῐον tò erōménion	τὼ ἐρωμενῐ́ω tṑ erōmeníō	τᾰ̀ ἐρωμένῐᾰ tà erōménia
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρωμενῐ́ου toû erōmeníou	τοῖν ἐρωμενῐ́οιν toîn erōmeníoin	τῶν ἐρωμενῐ́ων tôn erōmeníōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρωμενῐ́ῳ tôi erōmeníōi	τοῖν ἐρωμενῐ́οιν toîn erōmeníoin	τοῖς ἐρωμενῐ́οις toîs erōmeníois
Accusative	τὸ ἐρωμένῐον tò erōménion	τὼ ἐρωμενῐ́ω tṑ erōmeníō	τᾰ̀ ἐρωμένῐᾰ tà erōménia
Vocative	ἐρωμένῐον erōménion	ἐρωμενῐ́ω erōmeníō	ἐρωμένῐᾰ erōménia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐρωμένιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐρωμένιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press