κενοτάφιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κενός (kenós, “empty”) +‎ τάφος (táphos, “tomb”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.no.tá.pʰi.on/ → /ce.noˈta.ɸi.on/ → /ce.noˈta.fi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.no.tá.pʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke.noˈta.pʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ce.noˈta.ɸi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ce.noˈta.fi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ce.noˈta.fi.on/

Noun

κενοτᾰ́φῐον • (kenotáphion) n (genitive κενοτᾰφῐ́ου); second declension

1. cenotaph, empty tomb

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κενοτᾰ́φῐον; τοῦ κενοτᾰφῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κενοτᾰ́φῐον tò kenotáphion	τὼ κενοτᾰφῐ́ω tṑ kenotaphíō	τᾰ̀ κενοτᾰ́φῐᾰ tà kenotáphia
Genitive	τοῦ κενοτᾰφῐ́ου toû kenotaphíou	τοῖν κενοτᾰφῐ́οιν toîn kenotaphíoin	τῶν κενοτᾰφῐ́ων tôn kenotaphíōn
Dative	τῷ κενοτᾰφῐ́ῳ tôi kenotaphíōi	τοῖν κενοτᾰφῐ́οιν toîn kenotaphíoin	τοῖς κενοτᾰφῐ́οις toîs kenotaphíois
Accusative	τὸ κενοτᾰ́φῐον tò kenotáphion	τὼ κενοτᾰφῐ́ω tṑ kenotaphíō	τᾰ̀ κενοτᾰ́φῐᾰ tà kenotáphia
Vocative	κενοτᾰ́φῐον kenotáphion	κενοτᾰφῐ́ω kenotaphíō	κενοτᾰ́φῐᾰ kenotáphia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κενοτάφιο (kenotáfio)
• → English: cenotaph

Further reading

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