πιθήκιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pi.tʰɛ̌ː.ki.on/ → /piˈθi.ci.on/ → /piˈθi.ci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pi.tʰɛ̌ː.ki.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /piˈtʰe̝.ki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈθi.ci.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈθi.ci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈθi.ci.on/

Noun

πῐθήκῐον • (pithḗkion) n (genitive πῐθηκῐ́ου); second declension

1. pithecium, little ape
2. weight hung between two ships coupled for carrying engines of war
3. calf's snout (Antirrhinum orontium)

   Synonyms: ἀνᾰ́ρρῑνον (anárrhīnon), ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον (antírrhīnon), βουκρᾱ́νῐον (boukrā́nion), κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον (kunokephálion)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πῐθήκῐον; τοῦ πῐθηκῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πῐθήκῐον tò pithḗkion	τὼ πῐθηκῐ́ω tṑ pithēkíō	τᾰ̀ πῐθήκῐᾰ tà pithḗkia
Genitive	τοῦ πῐθηκῐ́ου toû pithēkíou	τοῖν πῐθηκῐ́οιν toîn pithēkíoin	τῶν πῐθηκῐ́ων tôn pithēkíōn
Dative	τῷ πῐθηκῐ́ῳ tôi pithēkíōi	τοῖν πῐθηκῐ́οιν toîn pithēkíoin	τοῖς πῐθηκῐ́οις toîs pithēkíois
Accusative	τὸ πῐθήκῐον tò pithḗkion	τὼ πῐθηκῐ́ω tṑ pithēkíō	τᾰ̀ πῐθήκῐᾰ tà pithḗkia
Vocative	πῐθήκῐον pithḗkion	πῐθηκῐ́ω pithēkíō	πῐθήκῐᾰ pithḗkia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: pithēcium

Further reading

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