ὀστάριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) +‎ -ᾰ́ρῐον (-ắrĭon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /os.tá.ri.on/ → /osˈta.ri.on/ → /osˈta.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /os.tá.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /osˈta.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /osˈta.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /osˈta.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /osˈta.ri.on/

Noun

ὀστᾰ́ρῐον • (ostắrĭon) n (genitive ὀστᾰρῐ́ου); second declension

1. little bone, small piece of bone
2. (of nuts) stone, kernel

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ὀστᾰ́ρῐον; τοῦ ὀστᾰρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὀστᾰ́ρῐον tò ostắrĭon	τὼ ὀστᾰρῐ́ω tṑ ostărĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ὀστᾰ́ρῐᾰ tằ ostắrĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ὀστᾰρῐ́ου toû ostărĭ́ou	τοῖν ὀστᾰρῐ́οιν toîn ostărĭ́oin	τῶν ὀστᾰρῐ́ων tôn ostărĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ὀστᾰρῐ́ῳ tôi ostărĭ́ōi	τοῖν ὀστᾰρῐ́οιν toîn ostărĭ́oin	τοῖς ὀστᾰρῐ́οις toîs ostărĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ὀστᾰ́ρῐον tò ostắrĭon	τὼ ὀστᾰρῐ́ω tṑ ostărĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ὀστᾰ́ρῐᾰ tằ ostắrĭă
Vocative	ὀστᾰ́ρῐον ostắrĭon	ὀστᾰρῐ́ω ostărĭ́ō	ὀστᾰ́ρῐᾰ ostắrĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὀστάριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀστάριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette