σατύριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σάτυρος (sáturos, “satyre”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sa.tý.ri.on/ → /saˈty.ri.on/ → /saˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.tý.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saˈty.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈty.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈty.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈti.ri.on/

Noun

σᾰτῠ́ρῐον • (satúrion) n (genitive σᾰτῠρῐ́ου); second declension

1. man orchid (Orchis anthropophora)
2. kind of shrew

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σᾰτῠ́ρῐον; τοῦ σᾰτῠρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σᾰτῠ́ρῐον tò satúrion	τὼ σᾰτῠρῐ́ω tṑ saturíō	τᾰ̀ σᾰτῠ́ρῐᾰ tà satúria
Genitive	τοῦ σᾰτῠρῐ́ου toû saturíou	τοῖν σᾰτῠρῐ́οιν toîn saturíoin	τῶν σᾰτῠρῐ́ων tôn saturíōn
Dative	τῷ σᾰτῠρῐ́ῳ tôi saturíōi	τοῖν σᾰτῠρῐ́οιν toîn saturíoin	τοῖς σᾰτῠρῐ́οις toîs saturíois
Accusative	τὸ σᾰτῠ́ρῐον tò satúrion	τὼ σᾰτῠρῐ́ω tṑ saturíō	τᾰ̀ σᾰτῠ́ρῐᾰ tà satúria
Vocative	σᾰτῠ́ρῐον satúrion	σᾰτῠρῐ́ω saturíō	σᾰτῠ́ρῐᾰ satúria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: satyrion
• → Latin: satyrion
• → Spanish: satirión

Further reading

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