δέραιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δέρη (dérē, “neck, throat”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dé.rai̯.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈde.rɛ.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðe.rɛ.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðe.re.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðe.re.on/
Noun
δέραιον • (déraion) n (genitive δεραίου); second declension
- necklace, collar
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ δέραιον; τοῦ δεραίου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ δέραιον tò déraion | τὼ δεραίω tṑ deraíō | τᾰ̀ δέραιᾰ tà déraia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ δεραίου toû deraíou | τοῖν δεραίοιν toîn deraíoin | τῶν δεραίων tôn deraíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ δεραίῳ tôi deraíōi | τοῖν δεραίοιν toîn deraíoin | τοῖς δεραίοις toîs deraíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ δέραιον tò déraion | τὼ δεραίω tṑ deraíō | τᾰ̀ δέραιᾰ tà déraia | ||||||||||
Vocative | δέραιον déraion | δεραίω deraíō | δέραιᾰ déraia | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- περιδέραιον (peridéraion)
- περιδέραιος (peridéraios)
Further reading
- “δέραιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δέραιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δέραιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)