ἀγγεῖον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀγγήῐον (angḗion) — Ionic

Etymology

Diminutive of ἄγγος (ángos), but of ultimate origin.

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 angeîon	τὼ ᾰ̓γγείω tṑ angeíō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓γγεῖᾰ tà angeîa
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓γγείου toû angeíou	τοῖν ᾰ̓γγείοιν toîn angeíoin	τῶν ᾰ̓γγείων tôn angeíōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓γγείῳ tôi angeíōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓γγείοιν toîn angeíoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓γγείοις toîs angeíois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓γγεῖον tò angeîon	τὼ ᾰ̓γγείω tṑ angeíō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓γγεῖᾰ tà angeîa
Vocative	ᾰ̓γγεῖον angeîon	ᾰ̓γγείω angeíō	ᾰ̓γγεῖᾰ angeîa
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”)

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 (2006–2024)
• 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.