προσωπεῖον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- προσώπιον (prosṓpion)
Etymology
From πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face, countenance”) + -εῖον (-eîon).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pro.sɔː.pêː.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pro.soˈpi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pro.soˈpi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pro.soˈpi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pro.soˈpi.on/
Noun
προσωπεῖον • (prosōpeîon) n (genitive προσωπείου); second declension
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Declension
Second declension of τὸ προσωπεῖον; τοῦ προσωπείου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ προσωπεῖον tò prosōpeîon | τὼ προσωπείω tṑ prosōpeíō | τᾰ̀ προσωπεῖᾰ tà prosōpeîa | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ προσωπείου toû prosōpeíou | τοῖν προσωπείοιν toîn prosōpeíoin | τῶν προσωπείων tôn prosōpeíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ προσωπείῳ tôi prosōpeíōi | προσωπείοιν prosōpeíoin | τοῖς προσωπείοις toîs prosōpeíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ προσωπεῖον tò prosōpeîon | προσωπείω prosōpeíō | τᾰ̀ προσωπεῖᾰ tà prosōpeîa | ||||||||||
Vocative | προσωπεῖον prosōpeîon | προσωπείω prosōpeíō | προσωπεῖᾰ prosōpeîa | ||||||||||
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References
- προσωπεῖον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- προσωπεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette