ἴχνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἴχνος (íkhnos) +‎ -ιον (-ion)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /í.kʰni.on/ → /ˈi.xni.on/ → /ˈi.xni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /í.kʰni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.kʰni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.xni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.xni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.xni.on/

Noun

ἴχνῐον • (íkhnĭon) n (genitive ἰχνίου); second declension

1. footstep, footprint

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἴχνῐον; τοῦ ἰχνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἴχνῐον tò íkhnĭon	τὼ ἰχνῐ́ω tṑ ikhnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἴχνῐᾰ tằ íkhnĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ἰχνῐ́ου toû ikhnĭ́ou	τοῖν ἰχνῐ́οιν toîn ikhnĭ́oin	τῶν ἰχνῐ́ων tôn ikhnĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ἰχνῐ́ῳ tôi ikhnĭ́ōi	τοῖν ἰχνῐ́οιν toîn ikhnĭ́oin	τοῖς ἰχνῐ́οις toîs ikhnĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ἴχνῐον tò íkhnĭon	τὼ ἰχνῐ́ω tṑ ikhnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἴχνῐᾰ tằ íkhnĭă
Vocative	ἴχνῐον íkhnĭon	ἰχνῐ́ω ikhnĭ́ō	ἴχνῐᾰ íkhnĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἴχνιον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἴχνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἴχνιον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἴχνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press