κρυστάλλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “ice”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krys.tál.li.on/ → /krysˈtal.li.on/ → /krisˈta.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krys.tál.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /krysˈtal.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /krysˈtal.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /krysˈtal.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /krisˈta.li.on/

Noun

κρυστᾰ́λλῐον • (krustắllĭon) n (genitive κρυστᾰλλῐ́ου); second declension

1. fleawort (Plantago psyllium)

   Synonyms: βουκρᾱ́νῐον (boukrā́nĭon), κῠνοκέφᾰλον (kŭnoképhălon), ψῠ́λλῐον (psŭ́llĭon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κρυστᾰ́λλῐον; τοῦ κρυστᾰλλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κρυστᾰ́λλῐον tò krustắllĭon	τὼ κρυστᾰλλῐ́ω tṑ krustăllĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κρυστᾰ́λλῐᾰ tằ krustắllĭă
Genitive	τοῦ κρυστᾰλλῐ́ου toû krustăllĭ́ou	τοῖν κρυστᾰλλῐ́οιν toîn krustăllĭ́oin	τῶν κρυστᾰλλῐ́ων tôn krustăllĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ κρυστᾰλλῐ́ῳ tōî krustăllĭ́ōi	τοῖν κρυστᾰλλῐ́οιν toîn krustăllĭ́oin	τοῖς κρυστᾰλλῐ́οις toîs krustăllĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κρυστᾰ́λλῐον tò krustắllĭon	τὼ κρυστᾰλλῐ́ω tṑ krustăllĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κρυστᾰ́λλῐᾰ tằ krustắllĭă
Vocative	κρυστᾰ́λλῐον krustắllĭon	κρυστᾰλλῐ́ω krustăllĭ́ō	κρυστᾰ́λλῐᾰ krustắllĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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