περδίκιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /per.dǐː.ki.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /perˈdi.ki.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /perˈði.ci.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /perˈði.ci.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /perˈði.ci.on/
Noun
περδῑ́κῐον • (perdī́kion) n (genitive περδῑκῐ́ου); second declension
- kind of knotweed (Polygonum maritimum)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ περδῑ́κῐον; τοῦ περδῑκῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ περδῑ́κῐον tò perdī́kion | τὼ περδῑκῐ́ω tṑ perdīkíō | τᾰ̀ περδῑ́κῐᾰ tà perdī́kia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ περδῑκῐ́ου toû perdīkíou | τοῖν περδῑκῐ́οιν toîn perdīkíoin | τῶν περδῑκῐ́ων tôn perdīkíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ περδῑκῐ́ῳ tôi perdīkíōi | τοῖν περδῑκῐ́οιν toîn perdīkíoin | τοῖς περδῑκῐ́οις toîs perdīkíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ περδῑ́κῐον tò perdī́kion | τὼ περδῑκῐ́ω tṑ perdīkíō | τᾰ̀ περδῑ́κῐᾰ tà perdī́kia | ||||||||||
Vocative | περδῑ́κῐον perdī́kion | περδῑκῐ́ω perdīkíō | περδῑ́κῐᾰ perdī́kia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Perdicium
Further reading
- “περδίκιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- περδίκιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette