ὀφίδιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὄφῐς (óphĭs, “snake”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.pʰí.di.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /oˈpʰi.di.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /oˈɸi.ði.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /oˈfi.ði.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /oˈfi.ði.on/
Noun
ὀφῐ́δῐον • (ophĭ́dĭon) n (genitive ὀφῐ́δῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ὀφῐ́δῐον tò ophĭ́dĭon |
τὼ ὀφῐδῐ́ω tṑ ophĭdĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ὀφῐ́δῐᾰ tằ ophĭ́dĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὀφῐδῐ́ου toû ophĭdĭ́ou |
τοῖν ὀφῐδῐ́οιν toîn ophĭdĭ́oin |
τῶν ὀφῐδῐ́ων tôn ophĭdĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὀφῐδῐ́ῳ tōî ophĭdĭ́ōi |
τοῖν ὀφῐδῐ́οιν toîn ophĭdĭ́oin |
τοῖς ὀφῐδῐ́οις toîs ophĭdĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ὀφῐ́δῐον tò ophĭ́dĭon |
τὼ ὀφῐδῐ́ω tṑ ophĭdĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ὀφῐ́δῐᾰ tằ ophĭ́dĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀφῐ́δῐον ophĭ́dĭon |
ὀφῐδῐ́ω ophĭdĭ́ō |
ὀφῐ́δῐᾰ ophĭ́dĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Translingual: → Ophidion, ⇒ Dendrophidion