λυδίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūdiō (“stage performer”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lyː.dí.ɔːn/ → /lyˈði.on/ → /liˈði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lyː.dí.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lyˈdi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lyˈði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lyˈði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈði.on/

Noun

λῡδῐ́ων • (lūdíōn) m (genitive λῡδῐ́ωνος); third declension

1. ludio, a Roman stage performer or dancer

Declension

Third declension of ὁ λῡδῐ́ων; τοῦ λῡδῐ́ωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λῡδῐ́ων ho lūdíōn	τὼ λῡδῐ́ωνε tṑ lūdíōne	οἱ λῡδῐ́ωνες hoi lūdíōnes
Genitive	τοῦ λῡδῐ́ωνος toû lūdíōnos	τοῖν λῡδῐώνοιν toîn lūdiṓnoin	τῶν λῡδῐώνων tôn lūdiṓnōn
Dative	τῷ λῡδῐ́ωνῐ tôi lūdíōni	τοῖν λῡδῐώνοιν toîn lūdiṓnoin	τοῖς λῡδῐ́ωσῐ / λῡδῐ́ωσῐν toîs lūdíōsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν λῡδῐ́ωνᾰ tòn lūdíōna	τὼ λῡδῐ́ωνε tṑ lūdíōne	τοὺς λῡδῐ́ωνᾰς toùs lūdíōnas
Vocative	λῡδῐ́ων lūdíōn	λῡδῐ́ωνε lūdíōne	λῡδῐ́ωνες lūdíōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λυδίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λυδίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette