σχοινίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σχοῖνος (skhoînos, “rope”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skʰoi̯.ní.on/ → /sçyˈni.on/ → /sçiˈni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skʰoi̯.ní.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skʰyˈni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sçyˈni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sçyˈni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sçiˈni.on/

Noun

σχοινῐ́ον • (skhoiníon) n (genitive σχοινῐ́ου); second declension

1. small rope, cord or thread

   Synonym: δεσμός (desmós)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σχοινῐ́ον; τοῦ σχοινῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σχοινῐ́ον tò skhoiníon	τὼ σχοινῐ́ω tṑ skhoiníō	τᾰ̀ σχοινῐ́ᾰ tà skhoinía
Genitive	τοῦ σχοινῐ́ου toû skhoiníou	τοῖν σχοινῐ́οιν toîn skhoiníoin	τῶν σχοινῐ́ων tôn skhoiníōn
Dative	τῷ σχοινῐ́ῳ tôi skhoiníōi	τοῖν σχοινῐ́οιν toîn skhoiníoin	τοῖς σχοινῐ́οις toîs skhoiníois
Accusative	τὸ σχοινῐ́ον tò skhoiníon	τὼ σχοινῐ́ω tṑ skhoiníō	τᾰ̀ σχοινῐ́ᾰ tà skhoinía
Vocative	σχοινῐ́ον skhoiníon	σχοινῐ́ω skhoiníō	σχοινῐ́ᾰ skhoinía
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: σχοινί (schoiní)

Further reading

• “σχοινίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σχοινίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σχοινίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette