ἐνώτιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐνῴδιον (enṓidion)

Etymology

From earlier ἐνῴδιον (enṓidion), from ἐν (en) +‎ οὖς (oûs, “ear”) +‎ -ίδιον (-ídion). The form was later altered to re-align with ὦτᾰ (ôta), the plural of οὖς (oûs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.nɔ̌ː.ti.on/ → /eˈno.ti.on/ → /eˈno.ti.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.nɔ̌ː.ti.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈno.ti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈno.ti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈno.ti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈno.ti.on/

Noun

ἐνώτιον • (enṓtion) n (genitive ἐνωτίου); second declension

1. earring

   Synonyms: ἀρτῐ́ᾰλᾰ (artíala), πλᾰ́στρον (plástron)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἐνώτιον; τοῦ ἐνωτίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐνώτιον tò enṓtion	τὼ ἐνωτίω tṑ enōtíō	τᾰ̀ ἐνώτιᾰ tà enṓtia
Genitive	τοῦ ἐνωτίου toû enōtíou	τοῖν ἐνωτίοιν toîn enōtíoin	τῶν ἐνωτίων tôn enōtíōn
Dative	τῷ ἐνωτίῳ tôi enōtíōi	τοῖν ἐνωτίοιν toîn enōtíoin	τοῖς ἐνωτίοις toîs enōtíois
Accusative	τὸ ἐνώτιον tò enṓtion	τὼ ἐνωτίω tṑ enōtíō	τᾰ̀ ἐνώτιᾰ tà enṓtia
Vocative	ἐνώτιον enṓtion	ἐνωτίω enōtíō	ἐνώτιᾰ enṓtia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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