στρούθιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στρουθός (strouthós, “sparrow”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /strǔː.tʰi.on/ → /ˈstru.θi.on/ → /ˈstru.θi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /strǔː.tʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈstru.tʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈstru.θi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈstru.θi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈstru.θi.on/

Noun

στρούθῐον • (stroúthion) n (genitive στρουθῐ́ου); second declension

1. soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)
2. (biblical) little sparrow

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ στρούθῐον; τοῦ στρουθῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στρούθῐον tò stroúthion	τὼ στρουθῐ́ω tṑ strouthíō	τᾰ̀ στρούθῐᾰ tà stroúthia
Genitive	τοῦ στρουθῐ́ου toû strouthíou	τοῖν στρουθῐ́οιν toîn strouthíoin	τῶν στρουθῐ́ων tôn strouthíōn
Dative	τῷ στρουθῐ́ῳ tôi strouthíōi	τοῖν στρουθῐ́οιν toîn strouthíoin	τοῖς στρουθῐ́οις toîs strouthíois
Accusative	τὸ στρούθῐον tò stroúthion	τὼ στρουθῐ́ω tṑ strouthíō	τᾰ̀ στρούθῐᾰ tà stroúthia
Vocative	στρούθῐον stroúthion	στρουθῐ́ω strouthíō	στρούθῐᾰ stroúthia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• στρουθῐ́ζω (strouthízō)
• στρούθῐνος (stroúthinos)

 

References

• G4765 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

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