βακτήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βακτηρία (baktēría, “staff, cane”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bak.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /βakˈti.ri.on/ → /vakˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bak.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bakˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βakˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vakˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vakˈti.ri.on/

Noun

βακτήριον • (baktḗrion) n (genitive βακτηρίου); second declension

1. Synonym of βακτηρία (baktēría).

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βακτήριον; τοῦ βακτηρίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βακτήριον tò baktḗrion	τὼ βακτηρίω tṑ baktēríō	τᾰ̀ βακτήριᾰ tà baktḗria
Genitive	τοῦ βακτηρίου toû baktēríou	τοῖν βακτηρίοιν toîn baktēríoin	τῶν βακτηρίων tôn baktēríōn
Dative	τῷ βακτηρίῳ tôi baktēríōi	τοῖν βακτηρίοιν toîn baktēríoin	τοῖς βακτηρίοις toîs baktēríois
Accusative	τὸ βακτήριον tò baktḗrion	τὼ βακτηρίω tṑ baktēríō	τᾰ̀ βακτήριᾰ tà baktḗria
Vocative	βακτήριον baktḗrion	βακτηρίω baktēríō	βακτήριᾰ baktḗria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: bactērium

Further reading

• “βακτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press