ἀγγεῖον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀγγήιον (Ionic)

Etymology

Diminutive of ἄγγος (angos), but of unknown ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /aŋɡé͜eon/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /aŋɡíːon/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /aŋɡíon/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /aɲɟíon/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ãɟíon/

Noun

ἀγγεῖον (genitive ἀγγείου) n, second declension; (angeion)

1. vessel, jar, vase, pail, bucket, box
2. receptacle, reservoir
3. coffin, sarcophagus
4. cavity (of a body)
   1. lung
   2. capsule (of plants)
   3. (later Greek) body

Inflection

Second declension of ἀγγεῖον, ἀγγείου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἀγγεῖον	ἀγγείω	ἀγγεῖᾰ
Genitive	ἀγγείου	ἀγγείοιν	ἀγγείων
Dative	ἀγγείῳ	ἀγγείοιν	ἀγγείοις
Accusative	ἀγγεῖον	ἀγγείω	ἀγγεῖᾰ
Vocative	ἀγγεῖον	ἀγγείω	ἀγγεῖᾰ

Descendants

• αγγείο (angeío) n (“vessel, pot, jar”)

References

• ἀγγεῖον in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G30