ἰχθύδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”) +‎ -ίδιον (-ídion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Attested with both ῡ and ῠ.

 

• IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy̌ː.di.on/ → /ixˈθy.ði.on/ → /ixˈθi.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy̌ː.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ikʰˈtʰy.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ixˈθy.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ixˈθy.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ixˈθi.ði.on/

 

• IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰý.di.on/ → /ixˈθy.ði.on/ → /ixˈθi.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰý.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ikʰˈtʰy.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ixˈθy.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ixˈθy.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ixˈθi.ði.on/

Noun

ἰχθύδῐον • (ikhthúdĭon) n (genitive ἰχθυδίου); second declension

1. diminutive of ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”)
   • The Gospel of Mark 8:7:

     καὶ εἶχον ἰχθύδια ὀλίγα· καὶ εὐλογήσας εἶπε παραθεῖναι καὶ αὐτά.

     kaì eîkhon ikhthúdia olíga; kaì eulogḗsas eîpe paratheînai kaì autá.

     • Translation by KJV

       And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ῐ̓χθύδῐον; τοῦ ῐ̓χθυδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῐ̓χθύδῐον tò ĭkhthúdĭon	τὼ ῐ̓χθυδῐ́ω tṑ ĭkhthudĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ῐ̓χθύδῐᾰ tằ ĭkhthúdĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ῐ̓χθυδῐ́ου toû ĭkhthudĭ́ou	τοῖν ῐ̓χθυδῐ́οιν toîn ĭkhthudĭ́oin	τῶν ῐ̓χθυδῐ́ων tôn ĭkhthudĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ῐ̓χθυδῐ́ῳ tôi ĭkhthudĭ́ōi	τοῖν ῐ̓χθυδῐ́οιν toîn ĭkhthudĭ́oin	τοῖς ῐ̓χθυδῐ́οις toîs ĭkhthudĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ῐ̓χθύδῐον tò ĭkhthúdĭon	τὼ ῐ̓χθυδῐ́ω tṑ ĭkhthudĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ῐ̓χθύδῐᾰ tằ ĭkhthúdĭă
Vocative	ῐ̓χθύδῐον ĭkhthúdĭon	ῐ̓χθυδῐ́ω ĭkhthudĭ́ō	ῐ̓χθύδῐᾰ ĭkhthúdĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἰχθύδιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἰχθύδιον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἰχθύδιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G2485 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible