χωρίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

χῶρος (khôros) or χώρᾱ (khṓrā, “place”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔː.rí.on/ → /xoˈri.on/ → /xoˈri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰɔː.rí.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰoˈri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xoˈri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xoˈri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xoˈri.on/

Noun

χωρῐ́ον • (khōrĭ́on) n (genitive χωρῐ́ου); second declension (Attic, Ionic)

1. place, spot, site
2. plot of land
3. landed estate
4. space, room
5. (geometry) area (in a figure)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ χωρῐ́ον; τοῦ χωρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χωρῐ́ον tò khōrĭ́on	τὼ χωρῐ́ω tṑ khōrĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ χωρῐ́ᾰ tằ khōrĭ́ă
Genitive	τοῦ χωρῐ́ου toû khōrĭ́ou	τοῖν χωρῐ́οιν toîn khōrĭ́oin	τῶν χωρῐ́ων tôn khōrĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ χωρῐ́ῳ tôi khōrĭ́ōi	τοῖν χωρῐ́οιν toîn khōrĭ́oin	τοῖς χωρῐ́οις toîs khōrĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ χωρῐ́ον tò khōrĭ́on	τὼ χωρῐ́ω tṑ khōrĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ χωρῐ́ᾰ tằ khōrĭ́ă
Vocative	χωρῐ́ον khōrĭ́on	χωρῐ́ω khōrĭ́ō	χωρῐ́ᾰ khōrĭ́ă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χωρίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χωρίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers