ἀσσάριον

ἀσσάριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin assārius (“of an as”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.sǎː.ri.on/ → /asˈsa.ri.on/ → /aˈsa.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.sǎː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /asˈsa.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /asˈsa.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /asˈsa.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈsa.ri.on/

Noun

ἀσσᾱ́ρῐον • (assā́rion) m (genitive ἀσσᾱρῐ́ου); second declension

1. as, a Roman coin made of bronze
2. kind of measure of weight

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀσσᾱ́ρῐον; τοῦ ἀσσᾱρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀσσᾱ́ρῐον tò assā́rion	τὼ ἀσσᾱρῐ́ω tṑ assāríō	τᾰ̀ ἀσσᾱ́ρῐᾰ tà assā́ria
Genitive	τοῦ ἀσσᾱρῐ́ου toû assāríou	τοῖν ἀσσᾱρῐ́οιν toîn assāríoin	τῶν ἀσσᾱρῐ́ων tôn assāríōn
Dative	τῷ ἀσσᾱρῐ́ῳ tôi assāríōi	τοῖν ἀσσᾱρῐ́οιν toîn assāríoin	τοῖς ἀσσᾱρῐ́οις toîs assāríois
Accusative	τὸ ἀσσᾱ́ρῐον tò assā́rion	τὼ ἀσσᾱρῐ́ω tṑ assāríō	τᾰ̀ ἀσσᾱ́ρῐᾰ tà assā́ria
Vocative	ἀσσᾱ́ρῐον assā́rion	ἀσσᾱρῐ́ω assāríō	ἀσσᾱ́ρῐᾰ assā́ria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀσσαριαῖος (assariaîos)

Descendants

• Classical Syriac: ܐܣܪܐ‎ (ʾasārā)

References

• “ἀσσάριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀσσάριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσσάριον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)