μανδήλιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μανδήλιν (mandḗlin), μανδέλλιον (mandéllion), μανδίλιον (mandílion), μανδύλιον (mandúlion), μαντήλιον (mantḗlion), μαντίλιον (mantílion)

Etymology

From Latin mantēlium. By surface analysis, μανδήλη (mandḗlē, “towel”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /manˈdi.li.on/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /manˈdi.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /manˈdi.li.on/

Noun

μανδήλιον • (mandḗlion) n (genitive μανδηλίου); second declension

1. (Byzantine) any small cloth, such as:
   1. hand towel
   2. sweatband
   3. headscarf
   4. handkerchief

Declension

Second declension of τὸ μανδήλιον; τοῦ μανδηλίου (Byzantine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μανδήλιον tò mandḗlion	τᾰ̀ μανδήλιᾰ tà mandḗlia
Genitive	τοῦ μανδηλίου toû mandēlíou	τῶν μανδηλίων tôn mandēlíōn
Dative	τῷ μανδηλίῳ tôi mandēlíōi	τοῖς μανδηλίοις toîs mandēlíois
Accusative	τὸ μανδήλιον tò mandḗlion	τᾰ̀ μανδήλιᾰ tà mandḗlia
Vocative	μανδήλιον mandḗlion	μανδήλιᾰ mandḗlia

Further reading

• μανδήλιον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “μανδήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sophocles, E. A. (1900) “μαντήλιον”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 732