μελάνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλαν (mélan, “ink”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.lá.ni.on/ → /meˈla.ni.on/ → /meˈla.ni.on/

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

Noun

μελάνῐον • (melánion) n (genitive μελᾰνίου); second declension

1. ink

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μελᾰ́νῐον; τοῦ μελᾰνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μελᾰ́νῐον tò melánion	τὼ μελᾰνῐ́ω tṑ melaníō	τᾰ̀ μελᾰ́νῐᾰ tà melánia
Genitive	τοῦ μελᾰνῐ́ου toû melaníou	τοῖν μελᾰνῐ́οιν toîn melaníoin	τῶν μελᾰνῐ́ων tôn melaníōn
Dative	τῷ μελᾰνῐ́ῳ tôi melaníōi	τοῖν μελᾰνῐ́οιν toîn melaníoin	τοῖς μελᾰνῐ́οις toîs melaníois
Accusative	τὸ μελᾰ́νῐον tò melánion	τὼ μελᾰνῐ́ω tṑ melaníō	τᾰ̀ μελᾰ́νῐᾰ tà melánia
Vocative	μελᾰ́νῐον melánion	μελᾰνῐ́ω melaníō	μελᾰ́νῐᾰ melánia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: μελάνι (meláni)

Further reading

• “μελάνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press