δεκαστάδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δέκᾰ (déka, “ten”) +‎ στᾰ́δῐον (stádion, “stadium”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /de.kas.tá.di.on/ → /ðe.kasˈta.ði.on/ → /ðe.kasˈta.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /de.kas.tá.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de.kasˈta.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðe.kasˈta.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðe.kasˈta.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðe.kasˈta.ði.on/

Noun

δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐον • (dekastádion) n (genitive δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ου); second declension

1. racecourse of ten stadia

Declension

Second declension of τὸ δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐον; τοῦ δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐον tò dekastádion	τὼ δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ω tṑ dekastadíō	τᾰ̀ δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐᾰ tà dekastádia
Genitive	τοῦ δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ου toû dekastadíou	τοῖν δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́οιν toîn dekastadíoin	τῶν δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ων tôn dekastadíōn
Dative	τῷ δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ῳ tôi dekastadíōi	τοῖν δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́οιν toîn dekastadíoin	τοῖς δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́οις toîs dekastadíois
Accusative	τὸ δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐον tò dekastádion	τὼ δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ω tṑ dekastadíō	τᾰ̀ δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐᾰ tà dekastádia
Vocative	δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐον dekastádion	δεκᾰστᾰδῐ́ω dekastadíō	δεκᾰστᾰ́δῐᾰ dekastádia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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