κοντάκιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κόνταξ (kóntax, “rod, stick”, referring to the pole around which the scroll [with the hymn on it] was wound) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kon.tá.ki.on/ → /konˈta.ci.on/ → /konˈda.ci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kon.tá.ki.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /konˈta.ki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /konˈta.ci.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /konˈta.ci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /konˈda.ci.on/

Noun

κοντᾰ́κῐον • (kontákion) n (genitive κοντᾰκῐ́ου); second declension

1. (Byzantine) Kontakion, a type of Byzantine hymn

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κοντᾰ́κῐον; τοῦ κοντᾰκῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κοντᾰ́κῐον tò kontákion	τὼ κοντᾰκῐ́ω tṑ kontakíō	τᾰ̀ κοντᾰ́κῐᾰ tà kontákia
Genitive	τοῦ κοντᾰκῐ́ου toû kontakíou	τοῖν κοντᾰκῐ́οιν toîn kontakíoin	τῶν κοντᾰκῐ́ων tôn kontakíōn
Dative	τῷ κοντᾰκῐ́ῳ tôi kontakíōi	τοῖν κοντᾰκῐ́οιν toîn kontakíoin	τοῖς κοντᾰκῐ́οις toîs kontakíois
Accusative	τὸ κοντᾰ́κῐον tò kontákion	τὼ κοντᾰκῐ́ω tṑ kontakíō	τᾰ̀ κοντᾰ́κῐᾰ tà kontákia
Vocative	κοντᾰ́κῐον kontákion	κοντᾰκῐ́ω kontakíō	κοντᾰ́κῐᾰ kontákia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κοντακάριον (kontakárion)

Descendants

• Greek: κοντάκι (kontáki)
• → Arabic: قِنْدَاق (qindāq)
• → Old Armenian: կոնդակ (kondak)
• → Bulgarian: конда́к (kondák)
• → Georgian: კონდაკი (ḳondaḳi)
• → Old East Slavic: коньдакъ (konĭdakŭ), кондакъ (kondakŭ)
  • Russian: конда́к (kondák)
• → Ottoman Turkish: قونداق (kundak) (see there for further descendants)
• → Romanian: condac, condác
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ко̀ндак

  Latin script: kòndak

• → Classical Syriac: ܩܘܢܕܩܐ (qōndaqā)

Further reading

• “κοντάκιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κοντάκιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κοντάκιον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• κοντάκιον - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.)] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)