στόμιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stó.mi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsto.mi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsto.mi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsto.mi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsto.mi.on/
Noun
στόμῐον • (stómion) n (genitive στομῐ́ου); second declension
- small mouth
- mouth of a vessel
- mouth of a cave used as a grave
- any aperture or opening
- cavity from which winds issue
- mouth of a canal
- socket of a bolt
- bridle-bit, bit of a curb
- female ornament for the neck
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ στόμῐον; τοῦ στομῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ στόμῐον tò stómion | τὼ στομῐ́ω tṑ stomíō | τᾰ̀ στόμῐᾰ tà stómia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ στομῐ́ου toû stomíou | τοῖν στομῐ́οιν toîn stomíoin | τῶν στομῐ́ων tôn stomíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ στομῐ́ῳ tôi stomíōi | στομῐ́οιν stomíoin | τοῖς στομῐ́οις toîs stomíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ στόμῐον tò stómion | στομῐ́ω stomíō | τᾰ̀ στόμῐᾰ tà stómia | ||||||||||
Vocative | στόμῐον stómion | στομῐ́ω stomíō | στόμῐᾰ stómia | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὑποστόμια (hupostómia)
Further reading
- στόμιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στόμιον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- στόμιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette