λάγιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unexplained. Furnée compares λήκυθος (lḗkuthos, “oil flask, lekythos”), but this is uncertain. Kronasser compares Akkadian 𒂁𒆷𒄩𒀭 (DUG.LA.ḪA.AN /⁠laḫannu⁠/, “flask, bottle”), itself derived from Sumerian 𒂁𒆷𒄩𒀭𒁍𒁕 (dug.la.ḫa.an.gid₂.da /⁠laḫangiddû⁠/, “beer jug”). Perhaps from the same Pre-Greek source of λάγῡνος (lágūnos, “flask”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lá.ɡi.on/ → /ˈla.ʝi.on/ → /ˈla.ʝi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lá.ɡi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ʝi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ʝi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ʝi.on/

Noun

λᾰ́γῐον • (lágion) n (genitive λᾰγῐ́ου); second declension

1. kind of cup or vase

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λᾰ́γῐον; τοῦ λᾰγῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λᾰ́γῐον tò lágion	τὼ λᾰγῐ́ω tṑ lagíō	τᾰ̀ λᾰ́γῐᾰ tà lágia
Genitive	τοῦ λᾰγῐ́ου toû lagíou	τοῖν λᾰγῐ́οιν toîn lagíoin	τῶν λᾰγῐ́ων tôn lagíōn
Dative	τῷ λᾰγῐ́ῳ tôi lagíōi	τοῖν λᾰγῐ́οιν toîn lagíoin	τοῖς λᾰγῐ́οις toîs lagíois
Accusative	τὸ λᾰ́γῐον tò lágion	τὼ λᾰγῐ́ω tṑ lagíō	τᾰ̀ λᾰ́γῐᾰ tà lágia
Vocative	λᾰ́γῐον lágion	λᾰγῐ́ω lagíō	λᾰ́γῐᾰ lágia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λάγιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λάγιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN