σχινέλαιον

σχινέλαιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σχῖνος (skhînos, “lentisk”) +‎ ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skʰiː.né.lai̯.on/ → /sçiˈne.lɛ.on/ → /sçiˈne.le.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skʰiː.né.lai̯.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skʰiˈne.lɛ.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sçiˈne.lɛ.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sçiˈne.le.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sçiˈne.le.on/

Noun

σχῑνέλαιον • (skhīnélaion) n (genitive σχῑνελαίου); second declension

1. mastich oil, made from the berries of the lentisk

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σχῑνέλαιον; τοῦ σχῑνελαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σχῑνέλαιον tò skhīnélaion	τὼ σχῑνελαίω tṑ skhīnelaíō	τᾰ̀ σχῑνέλαιᾰ tà skhīnélaia
Genitive	τοῦ σχῑνελαίου toû skhīnelaíou	τοῖν σχῑνελαίοιν toîn skhīnelaíoin	τῶν σχῑνελαίων tôn skhīnelaíōn
Dative	τῷ σχῑνελαίῳ tôi skhīnelaíōi	τοῖν σχῑνελαίοιν toîn skhīnelaíoin	τοῖς σχῑνελαίοις toîs skhīnelaíois
Accusative	τὸ σχῑνέλαιον tò skhīnélaion	τὼ σχῑνελαίω tṑ skhīnelaíō	τᾰ̀ σχῑνέλαιᾰ tà skhīnélaia
Vocative	σχῑνέλαιον skhīnélaion	σχῑνελαίω skhīnelaíō	σχῑνέλαιᾰ skhīnélaia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σχινέλαιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σχινέλαιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette