βαλλίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bal.lí.on/ → /βalˈli.on/ → /vaˈli.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bal.lí.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /balˈli.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βalˈli.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /valˈli.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vaˈli.on/

Noun

βᾰλλῐ́ον • (ballíon) n (genitive βαλλίου); second declension

1. Synonym of φαλλός (phallós, “phallus”)
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Herodas, Collected Works 6.69

Declension

Second declension of τὸ βᾰλλῐ́ον; τοῦ βᾰλλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βᾰλλῐ́ον tò ballíon	τὼ βᾰλλῐ́ω tṑ ballíō	τᾰ̀ βᾰλλῐ́ᾰ tà ballía
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰλλῐ́ου toû ballíou	τοῖν βᾰλλῐ́οιν toîn ballíoin	τῶν βᾰλλῐ́ων tôn ballíōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰλλῐ́ῳ tôi ballíōi	τοῖν βᾰλλῐ́οιν toîn ballíoin	τοῖς βᾰλλῐ́οις toîs ballíois
Accusative	τὸ βᾰλλῐ́ον tò ballíon	τὼ βᾰλλῐ́ω tṑ ballíō	τᾰ̀ βᾰλλῐ́ᾰ tà ballía
Vocative	βᾰλλῐ́ον ballíon	βᾰλλῐ́ω ballíō	βᾰλλῐ́ᾰ ballía
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “βαλλίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βαλλίον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)