ὀψώνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀψωνέω (opsōnéō) + -ιον (-ion).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /op.sɔ̌ː.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /opˈso.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /opˈso.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /opˈso.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /opˈso.ni.on/
Verb
ὀψώνῐον • (opsṓnion) n (genitive ὀψωνῐ́ου); second declension
- salary, wages, pay, allowance
- provisions
Conjugation
Second declension of τὸ ὀψώνῐον; τοῦ ὀψωνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ὀψώνῐον tò opsṓnion | τὼ ὀψωνῐ́ω tṑ opsōníō | τᾰ̀ ὀψώνῐᾰ tà opsṓnia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ὀψωνῐ́ου toû opsōníou | τοῖν ὀψωνῐ́οιν toîn opsōníoin | τῶν ὀψωνῐ́ων tôn opsōníōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ὀψωνῐ́ῳ tôi opsōníōi | τοῖν ὀψωνῐ́οιν toîn opsōníoin | τοῖς ὀψωνῐ́οις toîs opsōníois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ὀψώνῐον tò opsṓnion | τὼ ὀψωνῐ́ω tṑ opsōníō | τᾰ̀ ὀψώνῐᾰ tà opsṓnia | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὀψώνῐον opsṓnion | ὀψωνῐ́ω opsōníō | ὀψώνῐᾰ opsṓnia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: ψώνιο (psónio)
- → Latin: obsōnium
Further reading
- ὀψώνιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀψώνιον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὀψώνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette