λιμένιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λιμήν (limḗn) +‎ -ιον (-ion)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.mé.ni.on/ → /liˈme.ni.on/ → /liˈme.ni.on/

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

Noun

λῐμένῐον • (liménion) n (genitive λῐμενίου); second declension

1. diminutive of λιμήν (limḗn)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ λῐμένῐον; τοῦ λῐμενῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῐμένῐον tò liménion	τὼ λῐμενῐ́ω tṑ limeníō	τᾰ̀ λῐμένῐᾰ tà liménia
Genitive	τοῦ λῐμενῐ́ου toû limeníou	τοῖν λῐμενῐ́οιν toîn limeníoin	τῶν λῐμενῐ́ων tôn limeníōn
Dative	τῷ λῐμενῐ́ῳ tôi limeníōi	τοῖν λῐμενῐ́οιν toîn limeníoin	τοῖς λῐμενῐ́οις toîs limeníois
Accusative	τὸ λῐμένῐον tò liménion	τὼ λῐμενῐ́ω tṑ limeníō	τᾰ̀ λῐμένῐᾰ tà liménia
Vocative	λῐμένῐον liménion	λῐμενῐ́ω limeníō	λῐμένῐᾰ liménia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Ottoman Turkish: لیمان (liman) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• λιμένιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “λιμένιον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “λιμένιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press