πτύχιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “fold”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ptý.kʰi.on/ → /ˈpty.çi.on/ → /ˈpti.çi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ptý.kʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpty.kʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpty.çi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpty.çi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpti.çi.on/

Noun

πτύχῐον • (ptúkhion) n (genitive πτῠχίου); second declension

1. a folding tablet
2. the pendant of an earring

Declension

Second declension of τὸ πτῠ́χῐον; τοῦ πτῠχῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πτῠ́χῐον tò ptúkhion	τὼ πτῠχῐ́ω tṑ ptukhíō	τᾰ̀ πτῠ́χῐᾰ tà ptúkhia
Genitive	τοῦ πτῠχῐ́ου toû ptukhíou	τοῖν πτῠχῐ́οιν toîn ptukhíoin	τῶν πτῠχῐ́ων tôn ptukhíōn
Dative	τῷ πτῠχῐ́ῳ tôi ptukhíōi	τοῖν πτῠχῐ́οιν toîn ptukhíoin	τοῖς πτῠχῐ́οις toîs ptukhíois
Accusative	τὸ πτῠ́χῐον tò ptúkhion	τὼ πτῠχῐ́ω tṑ ptukhíō	τᾰ̀ πτῠ́χῐᾰ tà ptúkhia
Vocative	πτῠ́χῐον ptúkhion	πτῠχῐ́ω ptukhíō	πτῠ́χῐᾰ ptúkhia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• πτύχιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πτύχιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πτύχιον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011