καλίγιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾰλήγῐον (kalḗgion)

Etymology

From Latin caliga + -ῐον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.lí.ɡi.on/ → /kaˈli.ʝi.on/ → /kaˈli.ʝi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.lí.ɡi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.ɡi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.ʝi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.ʝi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.ʝi.on/

Noun

κᾰλῐ́γῐον • (kalígion) n (genitive κᾰλῐγῐ́ου); second declension

1. caliga, a leathern boot worn by the Romans

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κᾰλῐ́γῐον; τοῦ κᾰλῐγῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰλῐ́γῐον tò kalígion	τὼ κᾰλῐγῐ́ω tṑ kaligíō	τᾰ̀ κᾰλῐ́γῐᾰ tà kalígia
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰλῐγῐ́ου toû kaligíou	τοῖν κᾰλῐγῐ́οιν toîn kaligíoin	τῶν κᾰλῐγῐ́ων tôn kaligíōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰλῐγῐ́ῳ tôi kaligíōi	τοῖν κᾰλῐγῐ́οιν toîn kaligíoin	τοῖς κᾰλῐγῐ́οις toîs kaligíois
Accusative	τὸ κᾰλῐ́γῐον tò kalígion	τὼ κᾰλῐγῐ́ω tṑ kaligíō	τᾰ̀ κᾰλῐ́γῐᾰ tà kalígia
Vocative	κᾰλῐ́γῐον kalígion	κᾰλῐγῐ́ω kaligíō	κᾰλῐ́γῐᾰ kalígia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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