ἀσκίδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀσκός (askós, “leathern bag”) +‎ -ῐ́δῐον (-ídion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.kí.di.on/ → /asˈci.ði.on/ → /asˈci.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.kí.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /asˈki.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /asˈci.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /asˈci.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /asˈci.ði.on/

Noun

ἀσκῐ́δῐον • (askídion) n (genitive ἀσκῐδῐ́ου); second declension

1. small goatskin for wine or perfume

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἀσκῐ́δῐον; τοῦ ἀσκῐδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀσκῐ́δῐον tò askídion	τὼ ἀσκῐδῐ́ω tṑ askidíō	τᾰ̀ ἀσκῐ́δῐᾰ tà askídia
Genitive	τοῦ ἀσκῐδῐ́ου toû askidíou	τοῖν ἀσκῐδῐ́οιν toîn askidíoin	τῶν ἀσκῐδῐ́ων tôn askidíōn
Dative	τῷ ἀσκῐδῐ́ῳ tôi askidíōi	τοῖν ἀσκῐδῐ́οιν toîn askidíoin	τοῖς ἀσκῐδῐ́οις toîs askidíois
Accusative	τὸ ἀσκῐ́δῐον tò askídion	τὼ ἀσκῐδῐ́ω tṑ askidíō	τᾰ̀ ἀσκῐ́δῐᾰ tà askídia
Vocative	ἀσκῐ́δῐον askídion	ἀσκῐδῐ́ω askidíō	ἀσκῐ́δῐᾰ askídia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: ascidium
• → Translingual: Ascidia

References

• “ἀσκίδιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀσκίδιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσκίδιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)