λιβάδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λιβάς (libás, “stream, spring”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.bá.di.on/ → /liˈβa.ði.on/ → /liˈva.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.bá.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /liˈba.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /liˈβa.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /liˈva.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈva.ði.on/

Noun

λῐβᾰ́δῐον • (libádion) n (genitive λῐβᾰδῐ́ου); second declension

1. small spring, small stream
2. wet place
3. centaury (Centaurium erythraea)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λῐβᾰ́δῐον; τοῦ λῐβᾰδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῐβᾰ́δῐον tò libádion	τὼ λῐβᾰδῐ́ω tṑ libadíō	τᾰ̀ λῐβᾰ́δῐᾰ tà libádia
Genitive	τοῦ λῐβᾰδῐ́ου toû libadíou	τοῖν λῐβᾰδῐ́οιν toîn libadíoin	τῶν λῐβᾰδῐ́ων tôn libadíōn
Dative	τῷ λῐβᾰδῐ́ῳ tôi libadíōi	τοῖν λῐβᾰδῐ́οιν toîn libadíoin	τοῖς λῐβᾰδῐ́οις toîs libadíois
Accusative	τὸ λῐβᾰ́δῐον tò libádion	τὼ λῐβᾰδῐ́ω tṑ libadíō	τᾰ̀ λῐβᾰ́δῐᾰ tà libádia
Vocative	λῐβᾰ́δῐον libádion	λῐβᾰδῐ́ω libadíō	λῐβᾰ́δῐᾰ libádia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: λιβάδι (livádi)
• → Latin: libadion

Further reading

• “λιβάδιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λιβάδιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette