κολλύριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κολλῡ́ρα (kollū́ra, “roll”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kol.ly̌ː.ri.on/ → /kolˈly.ri.on/ → /koˈli.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kol.ly̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kolˈly.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kolˈly.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kolˈly.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈli.ri.on/

Noun

κολλῡ́ρῐον • (kollū́rion) n (genitive κολλῡρῐ́ου); second declension

1. pessary, diaphragm
2. (medicine) eyesalve, collyrium
3. fine clay on which a seal can be impressed

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κολλῡ́ρῐον; τοῦ κολλῡρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κολλῡ́ρῐον tò kollū́rion	τὼ κολλῡρῐ́ω tṑ kollūríō	τᾰ̀ κολλῡ́ρῐᾰ tà kollū́ria
Genitive	τοῦ κολλῡρῐ́ου toû kollūríou	τοῖν κολλῡρῐ́οιν toîn kollūríoin	τῶν κολλῡρῐ́ων tôn kollūríōn
Dative	τῷ κολλῡρῐ́ῳ tôi kollūríōi	τοῖν κολλῡρῐ́οιν toîn kollūríoin	τοῖς κολλῡρῐ́οις toîs kollūríois
Accusative	τὸ κολλῡ́ρῐον tò kollū́rion	τὼ κολλῡρῐ́ω tṑ kollūríō	τᾰ̀ κολλῡ́ρῐᾰ tà kollū́ria
Vocative	κολλῡ́ρῐον kollū́rion	κολλῡρῐ́ω kollūríō	κολλῡ́ρῐᾰ kollū́ria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κολλῡρῐοποιέομαι (kollūriopoiéomai)
• κολλῡρῐ́ων (kollūríōn)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: collȳrium

Further reading

• “κολλύριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κολλύριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κολλύριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette