ἀσφάλτιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.pʰál.ti.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /asˈpʰal.ti.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /asˈɸal.ti.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /asˈfal.ti.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /asˈfal.ti.on/
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Noun
ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον • (aspháltion) n (genitive ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ου); second declension
- pitch trefoil (Bituminaria bituminosa)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον; τοῦ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον tò aspháltion | τὼ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ω tṑ asphaltíō | τᾰ̀ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐᾰ tà aspháltia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ου toû asphaltíou | τοῖν ἀσφᾰλτῐ́οιν toîn asphaltíoin | τῶν ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ων tôn asphaltíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ῳ tôi asphaltíōi | ἀσφᾰλτῐ́οιν asphaltíoin | τοῖς ἀσφᾰλτῐ́οις toîs asphaltíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον tò aspháltion | ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ω asphaltíō | τᾰ̀ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐᾰ tà aspháltia | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον aspháltion | ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ω asphaltíō | ἀσφᾰ́λτῐᾰ aspháltia | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἀσφάλτιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀσφάλτιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀσφάλτιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)