ἀλφάδιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἄλφα (álpha, “square”) + -δῐον (-dion, diminutive suffix)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /al.pʰá.di.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /alˈpʰa.di.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /alˈɸa.ði.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /alˈfa.ði.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /alˈfa.ði.on/
Noun
ἀλφᾰ́δῐον • (alphádion) n (genitive ἀλφᾰδῐ́ου); second declension
- carpenter's square
- Synonym: στάθμη (státhmē)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἀλφᾰ́δῐον tò alphádion |
τὼ ἀλφᾰδῐ́ω tṑ alphadíō |
τᾰ̀ ἀλφᾰ́δῐᾰ tà alphádia | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀλφᾰδῐ́ου toû alphadíou |
τοῖν ἀλφᾰδῐ́οιν toîn alphadíoin |
τῶν ἀλφᾰδῐ́ων tôn alphadíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀλφᾰδῐ́ῳ tôi alphadíōi |
τοῖν ἀλφᾰδῐ́οιν toîn alphadíoin |
τοῖς ἀλφᾰδῐ́οις toîs alphadíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἀλφᾰ́δῐον tò alphádion |
τὼ ἀλφᾰδῐ́ω tṑ alphadíō |
τᾰ̀ ἀλφᾰ́δῐᾰ tà alphádia | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀλφᾰ́δῐον alphádion |
ἀλφᾰδῐ́ω alphadíō |
ἀλφᾰ́δῐᾰ alphádia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: αλφάδι (alfádi)
Further reading
- “ἀλφάδιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀλφάδιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλφάδιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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