ἐρείπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐρείπω (ereípō, “I throw down”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.rěː.pi.on/ → /eˈri.pi.on/ → /eˈri.pi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rěː.pi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pi.on/

Noun

ἐρείπῐον • (ereípion) n (genitive ἐρειπῐ́ου); second declension

1. ruin, wreck

Usage notes

Nearly always in plural.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐρείπῐον; τοῦ ἐρειπῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐρείπῐον tò ereípion	τὼ ἐρειπῐ́ω tṑ ereipíō	τᾰ̀ ἐρείπῐᾰ tà ereípia
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρειπῐ́ου toû ereipíou	τοῖν ἐρειπῐ́οιν toîn ereipíoin	τῶν ἐρειπῐ́ων tôn ereipíōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρειπῐ́ῳ tôi ereipíōi	τοῖν ἐρειπῐ́οιν toîn ereipíoin	τοῖς ἐρειπῐ́οις toîs ereipíois
Accusative	τὸ ἐρείπῐον tò ereípion	τὼ ἐρειπῐ́ω tṑ ereipíō	τᾰ̀ ἐρείπῐᾰ tà ereípia
Vocative	ἐρείπῐον ereípion	ἐρειπῐ́ω ereipíō	ἐρείπῐᾰ ereípia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐρείπιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐρείπιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐρείπιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette