χαλάζιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χάλαζα (khálaza, “hail”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.láz.di.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰaˈla.zi.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xaˈla.zi.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xaˈla.zi.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xaˈla.zi.on/

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Noun

χαλάζιον • (khalázion) n (genitive χαλαζίου); second declension

A small granule of hail

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ χαλάζῐον; τοῦ χαλαζῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χαλάζῐον tò khalázion	τὼ χαλαζῐ́ω tṑ khalazíō	τᾰ̀ χαλάζῐᾰ tà khalázia
Genitive	τοῦ χαλαζῐ́ου toû khalazíou	τοῖν χαλαζῐ́οιν toîn khalazíoin	τῶν χαλαζῐ́ων tôn khalazíōn
Dative	τῷ χαλαζῐ́ῳ tôi khalazíōi	τοῖν χαλαζῐ́οιν toîn khalazíoin	τοῖς χαλαζῐ́οις toîs khalazíois
Accusative	τὸ χαλάζῐον tò khalázion	τὼ χαλαζῐ́ω tṑ khalazíō	τᾰ̀ χαλάζῐᾰ tà khalázia
Vocative	χαλάζῐον khalázion	χαλαζῐ́ω khalazíō	χαλάζῐᾰ khalázia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

English: chalazion