ἐνώτιον

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier ἐνῴδιον (enṓidion), from ἐν (en) +‎ οὖς (oûs, ear) +‎ -ίδιον (-ídion). The form was later altered to re-align with ὦτᾰ (ôta), the plural of οὖς (oûs).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐνώτιον (enṓtionn (genitive ἐνωτίου); second declension

  1. earring

Declension

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐνῴδιον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432