ᾠάριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) +‎ -άρῐον (-árĭon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔːi̯.á.rí.on/ → /oˈaˈri.on/ → /oˈaˈri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔːi̯.á.rí.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈaˈri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈaˈri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈaˈri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈaˈri.on/

Noun

ᾠᾰ́ρῐον • (ōiắrĭon) n (genitive ᾠᾰρῐ́ου); second declension

1. small egg

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ᾠᾰ́ρῐον; τοῦ ᾠᾰρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾠᾰ́ρῐον tò ōiắrĭon	τὼ ᾠᾰρῐ́ω tṑ ōiărĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ᾠᾰ́ρῐᾰ tằ ōiắrĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ᾠᾰρῐ́ου toû ōiărĭ́ou	τοῖν ᾠᾰρῐ́οιν toîn ōiărĭ́oin	τῶν ᾠᾰρῐ́ων tôn ōiărĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ᾠᾰρῐ́ῳ tôi ōiărĭ́ōi	τοῖν ᾠᾰρῐ́οιν toîn ōiărĭ́oin	τοῖς ᾠᾰρῐ́οις toîs ōiărĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ᾠᾰ́ρῐον tò ōiắrĭon	τὼ ᾠᾰρῐ́ω tṑ ōiărĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ᾠᾰ́ρῐᾰ tằ ōiắrĭă
Vocative	ᾠᾰ́ρῐον ōiắrĭon	ᾠᾰρῐ́ω ōiărĭ́ō	ᾠᾰ́ρῐᾰ ōiắrĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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