ἰχθύδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”) +‎ -ίδιον (-ídion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Attested with both ῡ and ῠ.

 

• IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy̌ː.di.on/ → /ixˈθy.ði.on/ → /ixˈθi.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy̌ː.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ikʰˈtʰy.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ixˈθy.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ixˈθy.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ixˈθi.ði.on/

 

• IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰý.di.on/ → /ixˈθy.ði.on/ → /ixˈθi.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰý.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ikʰˈtʰy.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ixˈθy.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ixˈθy.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ixˈθi.ði.on/

Noun

ἰχθύδῐον • (ikhthúdion) n (genitive ἰχθυδίου); second declension

1. diminutive of ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”)
   • The Gospel of Mark 8:7:

     καὶ εἶχον ἰχθύδια ὀλίγα· καὶ εὐλογήσας εἶπε παραθεῖναι καὶ αὐτά.

     kaì eîkhon ikhthúdia olíga; kaì eulogḗsas eîpe paratheînai kaì autá.

     • Translation by KJV

       And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἰ̆χθύδῐον; τοῦ ἰ̆χθυδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἰ̆χθύδῐον tò ikhthúdion	τὼ ἰ̆χθυδῐ́ω tṑ ikhthudíō	τᾰ̀ ἰ̆χθύδῐᾰ tà ikhthúdia
Genitive	τοῦ ἰ̆χθυδῐ́ου toû ikhthudíou	τοῖν ἰ̆χθυδῐ́οιν toîn ikhthudíoin	τῶν ἰ̆χθυδῐ́ων tôn ikhthudíōn
Dative	τῷ ἰ̆χθυδῐ́ῳ tôi ikhthudíōi	τοῖν ἰ̆χθυδῐ́οιν toîn ikhthudíoin	τοῖς ἰ̆χθυδῐ́οις toîs ikhthudíois
Accusative	τὸ ἰ̆χθύδῐον tò ikhthúdion	τὼ ἰ̆χθυδῐ́ω tṑ ikhthudíō	τᾰ̀ ἰ̆χθύδῐᾰ tà ikhthúdia
Vocative	ἰ̆χθύδῐον ikhthúdion	ἰ̆χθυδῐ́ω ikhthudíō	ἰ̆χθύδῐᾰ ikhthúdia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἰχθύδιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἰχθύδιον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἰχθύδιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G2485 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible