κάρπιον

See also: καρπίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καρπός (karpós, “fruit”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kár.pi.on/ → /ˈkar.pi.on/ → /ˈkar.pi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kár.pi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pi.on/

Noun

κᾰ́ρπῐον • (kárpion) n (genitive κᾰρπῐ́ου); second declension

1. screw pine (Pandanus odorifer)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κᾰ́ρπῐον; τοῦ κᾰρπῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰ́ρπῐον tò kárpion	τὼ κᾰρπῐ́ω tṑ karpíō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρπῐᾰ tà kárpia
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰρπῐ́ου toû karpíou	τοῖν κᾰρπῐ́οιν toîn karpíoin	τῶν κᾰρπῐ́ων tôn karpíōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰρπῐ́ῳ tôi karpíōi	τοῖν κᾰρπῐ́οιν toîn karpíoin	τοῖς κᾰρπῐ́οις toîs karpíois
Accusative	τὸ κᾰ́ρπῐον tò kárpion	τὼ κᾰρπῐ́ω tṑ karpíō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρπῐᾰ tà kárpia
Vocative	κᾰ́ρπῐον kárpion	κᾰρπῐ́ω karpíō	κᾰ́ρπῐᾰ kárpia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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