ἐσχάριον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐσχαρεῖον (eskhareîon)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /es.kʰá.ri.on/ → /esˈxa.ri.on/ → /esˈxa.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /es.kʰá.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /esˈkʰa.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /esˈxa.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /esˈxa.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /esˈxa.ri.on/

Noun

ἐσχᾰ́ρῐον • (eskhárion) n (genitive ἐσχᾰρῐ́ου); second declension

1. Diminutive of ἐσχάρα (eskhára)
   1. small hearth or fireplace
   2. (figuratively) platform, stand
2. accusative singular of ἐσχάριον (eskhárion)
3. vocative singular of ἐσχάριον (eskhárion)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐσχᾰ́ρῐον; τοῦ ἐσχᾰρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐσχᾰ́ρῐον tò eskhárion	τὼ ἐσχᾰρῐ́ω tṑ eskharíō	τᾰ̀ ἐσχᾰ́ρῐᾰ tà eskhária
Genitive	τοῦ ἐσχᾰρῐ́ου toû eskharíou	τοῖν ἐσχᾰρῐ́οιν toîn eskharíoin	τῶν ἐσχᾰρῐ́ων tôn eskharíōn
Dative	τῷ ἐσχᾰρῐ́ῳ tôi eskharíōi	τοῖν ἐσχᾰρῐ́οιν toîn eskharíoin	τοῖς ἐσχᾰρῐ́οις toîs eskharíois
Accusative	τὸ ἐσχᾰ́ρῐον tò eskhárion	τὼ ἐσχᾰρῐ́ω tṑ eskharíō	τᾰ̀ ἐσχᾰ́ρῐᾰ tà eskhária
Vocative	ἐσχᾰ́ρῐον eskhárion	ἐσχᾰρῐ́ω eskharíō	ἐσχᾰ́ρῐᾰ eskhária
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Catalan: escar
• → Italian: squero

Further reading

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