ἱστίον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῐ̔στός (histós, “mast”) + -ῐ́ον (-íon, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /his.tí.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)isˈti.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /isˈti.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /isˈti.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /isˈti.on/
Noun
ῐ̔στῐ́ον • (histíon) n (genitive ῐ̔στῐ́ου); second declension
(Epic, Ionic, Attic, Doric)
- (usually in the plural) sail
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.781:
- ἐν δ' ἱστόν τε τίθεντο καὶ ἱστία νηῒ μελαίνῃ
- en d' histón te títhento kaì histía nēï̀ melaínēi
- They put the mast and sails onto the black ship
- ἐν δ' ἱστόν τε τίθεντο καὶ ἱστία νηῒ μελαίνῃ
Declension
Second declension of τὸ ῐ̔στῐ́ον; τοῦ ῐ̔στῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ῐ̔στῐ́ον tò histíon | τὼ ῐ̔στῐ́ω tṑ histíō | τᾰ̀ ῐ̔στῐ́ᾰ tà histía | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ῐ̔στῐ́ου toû histíou | τοῖν ῐ̔στῐ́οιν toîn histíoin | τῶν ῐ̔στῐ́ων tôn histíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ῐ̔στῐ́ῳ tôi histíōi | τοῖν ῐ̔στῐ́οιν toîn histíoin | τοῖς ῐ̔στῐ́οις toîs histíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ῐ̔στῐ́ον tò histíon | τὼ ῐ̔στῐ́ω tṑ histíō | τᾰ̀ ῐ̔στῐ́ᾰ tà histía | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῐ̔στῐ́ον histíon | ῐ̔στῐ́ω histíō | ῐ̔στῐ́ᾰ histía | ||||||||||
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References
- ἱστίον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἱστίον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press