λεπίδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λεπίς (lepís, “scale, flake”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.pí.di.on/ → /leˈpi.ði.on/ → /leˈpi.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.pí.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /leˈpi.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /leˈpi.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /leˈpi.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /leˈpi.ði.on/

Noun

λεπῐ́δῐον • (lepídion) n (genitive λεπῐδῐ́ου); second declension

1. small plate, capsule, used to close a tube
2. pepperwort (Lepidium latifolium)

   Synonym: γῐγγῐ́δῐον (gingídion)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λεπῐ́δῐον; τοῦ λεπῐδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λεπῐ́δῐον tò lepídion	τὼ λεπῐδῐ́ω tṑ lepidíō	τᾰ̀ λεπῐ́δῐᾰ tà lepídia
Genitive	τοῦ λεπῐδῐ́ου toû lepidíou	τοῖν λεπῐδῐ́οιν toîn lepidíoin	τῶν λεπῐδῐ́ων tôn lepidíōn
Dative	τῷ λεπῐδῐ́ῳ tôi lepidíōi	τοῖν λεπῐδῐ́οιν toîn lepidíoin	τοῖς λεπῐδῐ́οις toîs lepidíois
Accusative	τὸ λεπῐ́δῐον tò lepídion	τὼ λεπῐδῐ́ω tṑ lepidíō	τᾰ̀ λεπῐ́δῐᾰ tà lepídia
Vocative	λεπῐ́δῐον lepídion	λεπῐδῐ́ω lepidíō	λεπῐ́δῐᾰ lepídia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: lepidium
• → Translingual: Lepidium

Further reading

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