ἀγγεῖον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀγγήϊον (angḗïon) — Ionic

Etymology

From ἄγγος (ángos, “vessel”) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡêː.on/ → /aɲˈɟi.on/ → /aɲˈɟi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡêː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɟi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɟi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aɲˈɟi.on/

Noun

ἀγγεῖον • (angeîon) n (genitive ᾰ̓γγείου); second declension

1. vessel, jar, vase, pail, bucket, box
2. receptacle, reservoir
3. coffin, sarcophagus
4. cavity (of a body)
   1. lung
   2. capsule (of plants)
   3. (later Greek) body

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓γγεῖον; τοῦ ᾰ̓γγείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓γγεῖον tò ăngeîon	τὼ ᾰ̓γγείω tṑ ăngeíō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓γγεῖᾰ tằ ăngeîă
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓γγείου toû ăngeíou	τοῖν ᾰ̓γγείοιν toîn ăngeíoin	τῶν ᾰ̓γγείων tôn ăngeíōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓γγείῳ tōî ăngeíōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓γγείοιν toîn ăngeíoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓γγείοις toîs ăngeíois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓γγεῖον tò ăngeîon	τὼ ᾰ̓γγείω tṑ ăngeíō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓γγεῖᾰ tằ ăngeîă
Vocative	ᾰ̓γγεῖον ăngeîon	ᾰ̓γγείω ăngeíō	ᾰ̓γγεῖᾰ ăngeîă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: αγγείο n (angeío, “vessel, pot, jar”) (learned)

Further reading

• “ἀγγεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγγεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀγγεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀγγεῖον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G30 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • barrel idem, page 63.
  • bucket idem, page 102.
  • can idem, page 110.
  • cooking-pot idem, page 173.
  • hod idem, page 402.
  • jar idem, page 461.
  • pail idem, page 588.
  • pan idem, page 590.
  • pannikin idem, page 591.
  • pipkin idem, page 614.
  • pitcher idem, page 615.
  • pot idem, page 629.
  • tub idem, page 900.
  • vessel idem, page 949.