κοντάριον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κοντός (kontós, “pole, pike, goad”) + -άριον (-árion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /konˈta.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /konˈta.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /konˈda.ri.on/
Noun
κοντάριον • (kontárion) n (genitive κονταρίου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κοντάριον tò kontárion |
τᾰ̀ κοντάριᾰ tằ kontáriă |
| Genitive | τοῦ κονταρίου toû kontaríou |
τῶν κονταρίων tôn kontaríōn |
| Dative | τῷ κονταρίῳ tōî kontaríōi |
τοῖς κονταρίοις toîs kontaríois |
| Accusative | τὸ κοντάριον tò kontárion |
τᾰ̀ κοντάριᾰ tằ kontáriă |
| Vocative | κοντάριον kontárion |
κοντάριᾰ kontáriă |
Derived terms
- κονταρᾶτος (kontarâtos)
- κονταριοθήκη (kontariothḗkē)
Descendants
- Byzantine Greek: κοντάριν (kontárin)[1]
- → Classical Syriac: ܩܘܢܛܪܐ (qōnṭārā)
- → Coptic: ⲕⲟⲛⲧⲁⲣⲓⲟⲛ (kontarion)
- → Ottoman Turkish: كوندر (günder/gönder), կիւնտէր (günder), կէօնտէր (gönder) — Armeno-Turkish
- Turkish: gönder
References
- ^ κοντάριον - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-), Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.)] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)
Further reading
- κοντάριον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- κοντάριον, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “κοντάριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914), “κοντάριον”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900), “κοντάριον”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 679