ὑδροσκόπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑδρόσκοπος (hudróskopos, “water-seeker”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.dros.kó.pi.on/ → /y.ðrosˈko.pi.on/ → /i.ðrosˈko.pi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.dros.kó.pi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.drosˈko.pi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.ðrosˈko.pi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.ðrosˈko.pi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ðrosˈko.pi.on/

Noun

ὑδροσκόπῐον • (hudroskópion) n (genitive ὑδροσκοπῐ́ου); second declension

1. kind of hydrostatic instrument

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὑδροσκόπῐον; τοῦ ὑδροσκοπῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὑδροσκόπῐον tò hudroskópion	τὼ ὑδροσκοπῐ́ω tṑ hudroskopíō	τᾰ̀ ὑδροσκόπῐᾰ tà hudroskópia
Genitive	τοῦ ὑδροσκοπῐ́ου toû hudroskopíou	τοῖν ὑδροσκοπῐ́οιν toîn hudroskopíoin	τῶν ὑδροσκοπῐ́ων tôn hudroskopíōn
Dative	τῷ ὑδροσκοπῐ́ῳ tôi hudroskopíōi	τοῖν ὑδροσκοπῐ́οιν toîn hudroskopíoin	τοῖς ὑδροσκοπῐ́οις toîs hudroskopíois
Accusative	τὸ ὑδροσκόπῐον tò hudroskópion	τὼ ὑδροσκοπῐ́ω tṑ hudroskopíō	τᾰ̀ ὑδροσκόπῐᾰ tà hudroskópia
Vocative	ὑδροσκόπῐον hudroskópion	ὑδροσκοπῐ́ω hudroskopíō	ὑδροσκόπῐᾰ hudroskópia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὑδροσκόπιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press