πιθήκιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pi.tʰɛ̌ː.ki.on/ → /piˈθi.ci.on/ → /piˈθi.ci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pi.tʰɛ̌ː.ki.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /piˈtʰe̝.ki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈθi.ci.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈθi.ci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈθi.ci.on/

Noun

πῐθήκῐον • (pĭthḗkĭon) n (genitive πῐθηκῐ́ου); second declension

1. pithecium, little ape
2. weight hung between two ships coupled for carrying engines of war
3. calf's snout (Antirrhinum orontium)

   Synonyms: ἀνᾰ́ρρῑνον (anắrrhīnon), ἀντῐ́ρρῑνον (antĭ́rrhīnon), βουκρᾱ́νῐον (boukrā́nĭon), κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον (kŭnokephắlĭon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πῐθήκῐον; τοῦ πῐθηκῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πῐθήκῐον tò pĭthḗkĭon	τὼ πῐθηκῐ́ω tṑ pĭthēkĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πῐθήκῐᾰ tằ pĭthḗkĭă
Genitive	τοῦ πῐθηκῐ́ου toû pĭthēkĭ́ou	τοῖν πῐθηκῐ́οιν toîn pĭthēkĭ́oin	τῶν πῐθηκῐ́ων tôn pĭthēkĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ πῐθηκῐ́ῳ tōî pĭthēkĭ́ōi	τοῖν πῐθηκῐ́οιν toîn pĭthēkĭ́oin	τοῖς πῐθηκῐ́οις toîs pĭthēkĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ πῐθήκῐον tò pĭthḗkĭon	τὼ πῐθηκῐ́ω tṑ pĭthēkĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πῐθήκῐᾰ tằ pĭthḗkĭă
Vocative	πῐθήκῐον pĭthḗkĭon	πῐθηκῐ́ω pĭthēkĭ́ō	πῐθήκῐᾰ pĭthḗkĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: pithēcium

Further reading

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