χαλάζιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάλαζα (khálaza, “hail”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /xaˈla.zi.on/ → /xaˈla.zi.on/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰaˈla.zi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xaˈla.zi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xaˈla.zi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xaˈla.zi.on/

Noun

χᾰλάζῐον • (khalázion) n (genitive χαλαζίου); second declension (Koine)

1. a small granule of hail

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ χᾰλάζῐον; τοῦ χᾰλαζῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χᾰλάζῐον tò khalázion	τὼ χᾰλαζῐ́ω tṑ khalazíō	τᾰ̀ χᾰλάζῐᾰ tà khalázia
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰλαζῐ́ου toû khalazíou	τοῖν χᾰλαζῐ́οιν toîn khalazíoin	τῶν χᾰλαζῐ́ων tôn khalazíōn
Dative	τῷ χᾰλαζῐ́ῳ tôi khalazíōi	τοῖν χᾰλαζῐ́οιν toîn khalazíoin	τοῖς χᾰλαζῐ́οις toîs khalazíois
Accusative	τὸ χᾰλάζῐον tò khalázion	τὼ χᾰλαζῐ́ω tṑ khalazíō	τᾰ̀ χᾰλάζῐᾰ tà khalázia
Vocative	χᾰλάζῐον khalázion	χᾰλαζῐ́ω khalazíō	χᾰλάζῐᾰ khalázia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• > Byzantine Greek: χαλάζιν (khalázin) (inherited)
  • Modern > Greek: χαλάζι (chalázi) (inherited)
• → Late Latin: chalazion
  • → English: chalazion

Further reading

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