κοράλλιον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κοράλιον (korálion), κουράλιον (kourálion), κωράλλιον (kōrállion)
Etymology
Traditionally derived from a univerbation of κόρη (kórē, “girl, maiden”) and ἅλς (háls, “salt; sea”), which would be a calque of a similar Indian expression. However, Lewy suggests a Semitic origin, comparing this word with Hebrew גּוֹרָל (goral, “small pebble”) and Arabic جَرَل (jaral, “small stone”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ko.rál.li.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /koˈral.li.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /koˈral.li.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /koˈral.li.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /koˈra.li.on/
Noun
κορᾰ́λλῐον • (korállion) n (genitive κορᾰλλῐ́ου); second declension
- coral
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ κορᾰ́λλῐον; τοῦ κορᾰλλῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κορᾰ́λλῐον tò korállion | τὼ κορᾰλλῐ́ω tṑ korallíō | τᾰ̀ κορᾰ́λλῐᾰ tà korállia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κορᾰλλῐ́ου toû korallíou | τοῖν κορᾰλλῐ́οιν toîn korallíoin | τῶν κορᾰλλῐ́ων tôn korallíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κορᾰλλῐ́ῳ tôi korallíōi | τοῖν κορᾰλλῐ́οιν toîn korallíoin | τοῖς κορᾰλλῐ́οις toîs korallíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κορᾰ́λλῐον tò korállion | τὼ κορᾰλλῐ́ω tṑ korallíō | τᾰ̀ κορᾰ́λλῐᾰ tà korállia | ||||||||||
Vocative | κορᾰ́λλῐον korállion | κορᾰλλῐ́ω korallíō | κορᾰ́λλῐᾰ korállia | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κοραλλίζω (korallízō)
- κοραλλικός (korallikós)
- κοραλλιοπλάστης (korallioplástēs)
Descendants
- → Latin: corallium
Further reading
- κοράλλιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κοράλλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN