δέμνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *dem-, the same root of δέμω (démō, “to build”) and δόμος (dómos, “house, dwelling”). The word has also been connected to κρήδεμνον (krḗdemnon, “headband”), suggesting a derivation from the same root of δέω (déō, “to bind”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dém.ni.on/ → /ˈðem.ni.on/ → /ˈðem.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dém.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdem.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðem.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðem.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðem.ni.on/

Noun

δέμνῐον • (démnion) n (genitive δεμνῐ́ου); second declension

1. (mostly in plural) bedstead, cot, bedframe

   Synonym: χαμεύνη (khameúnē)

2. (in general) bed

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ δέμνῐον; τοῦ δεμνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δέμνῐον tò démnion	τὼ δεμνῐ́ω tṑ demníō	τᾰ̀ δέμνῐᾰ tà démnia
Genitive	τοῦ δεμνῐ́ου toû demníou	τοῖν δεμνῐ́οιν toîn demníoin	τῶν δεμνῐ́ων tôn demníōn
Dative	τῷ δεμνῐ́ῳ tôi demníōi	τοῖν δεμνῐ́οιν toîn demníoin	τοῖς δεμνῐ́οις toîs demníois
Accusative	τὸ δέμνῐον tò démnion	τὼ δεμνῐ́ω tṑ demníō	τᾰ̀ δέμνῐᾰ tà démnia
Vocative	δέμνῐον démnion	δεμνῐ́ω demníō	δέμνῐᾰ démnia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δεμνιοπετής (demniopetḗs)
• δεμνιοτήρης (demniotḗrēs)

 

Further reading

• “δέμνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δέμνιον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δέμνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δέμνιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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