λίστριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λίστρον (lístron, “spade, shovel”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lís.tri.on/ → /ˈlis.tri.on/ → /ˈlis.tri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lís.tri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tri.on/

Noun

λῐ́στρῐον • (lístrion) n (genitive λῐστρῐ́ου); second declension

1. spoon

   Synonym: κοχλιάριον (kokhliárion)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λῐ́στρῐον; τοῦ λῐστρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῐ́στρῐον tò lístrion	τὼ λῐστρῐ́ω tṑ listríō	τᾰ̀ λῐ́στρῐᾰ tà lístria
Genitive	τοῦ λῐστρῐ́ου toû listríou	τοῖν λῐστρῐ́οιν toîn listríoin	τῶν λῐστρῐ́ων tôn listríōn
Dative	τῷ λῐστρῐ́ῳ tôi listríōi	τοῖν λῐστρῐ́οιν toîn listríoin	τοῖς λῐστρῐ́οις toîs listríois
Accusative	τὸ λῐ́στρῐον tò lístrion	τὼ λῐστρῐ́ω tṑ listríō	τᾰ̀ λῐ́στρῐᾰ tà lístria
Vocative	λῐ́στρῐον lístrion	λῐστρῐ́ω listríō	λῐ́στρῐᾰ lístria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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