ῥίγιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥῖγος (rhîgos) +‎ -ίων (-íōn, comparative suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ǐː.ɡi.on/ → /ˈri.ʝi.on/ → /ˈri.ʝi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ǐː.ɡi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈri.ɡi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈri.ʝi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈri.ʝi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈri.ʝi.on/

Adjective

ῥῑ́γῐον • (rhī́gĭon) n; third declension (Epic)

1. frostier, colder
2. more horrible

Declension

Attested only in the neuter.

Third declension of ῥῑ́γῐον; ῥῑγῐ́ονος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ῥῑ́γῐον rhī́gĭon	ῥῑγῐ́ονε rhīgĭ́one	ῥῑγῐ́ονᾰ rhīgĭ́onă
Genitive	ῥῑγῐ́ονος rhīgĭ́onos	ῥῑγῐόνοιῐν rhīgĭónoiĭn	ῥῑγῐόνων rhīgĭónōn
Dative	ῥῑγῐ́ονῐ rhīgĭ́onĭ	ῥῑγῐόνοιῐν rhīgĭónoiĭn	ῥῑγῐ́οσῐ / ῥῑγῐ́οσῐν / ῥῑγῐόνεσσῐ / ῥῑγῐόνεσσῐν / ῥῑγῐόνεσῐ / ῥῑγῐόνεσῐν rhīgĭ́osĭ(n) / rhīgĭónessĭ(n) / rhīgĭónesĭ(n)
Accusative	ῥῑ́γῐον rhī́gĭon	ῥῑγῐ́ονε rhīgĭ́one	ῥῑγῐ́ονᾰ rhīgĭ́onă
Vocative	ῥῑ́γῐον rhī́gĭon	ῥῑγῐ́ονε rhīgĭ́one	ῥῑγῐ́ονᾰ rhīgĭ́onă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

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