κομμάτιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κόμμα (kómma, “stamp, coinage; piece”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kom.má.ti.on/ → /komˈma.ti.on/ → /koˈma.ti.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kom.má.ti.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /komˈma.ti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /komˈma.ti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /komˈma.ti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈma.ti.on/

Noun

κομμάτῐον • (kommátion) n (genitive κομμᾰτίου); second declension

1. (in the plural) small logs
2. metrical phrase
3. short clause

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κομμᾰ́τῐον; τοῦ κομμᾰτῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κομμᾰ́τῐον tò kommátion	τὼ κομμᾰτῐ́ω tṑ kommatíō	τᾰ̀ κομμᾰ́τῐᾰ tà kommátia
Genitive	τοῦ κομμᾰτῐ́ου toû kommatíou	τοῖν κομμᾰτῐ́οιν toîn kommatíoin	τῶν κομμᾰτῐ́ων tôn kommatíōn
Dative	τῷ κομμᾰτῐ́ῳ tôi kommatíōi	τοῖν κομμᾰτῐ́οιν toîn kommatíoin	τοῖς κομμᾰτῐ́οις toîs kommatíois
Accusative	τὸ κομμᾰ́τῐον tò kommátion	τὼ κομμᾰτῐ́ω tṑ kommatíō	τᾰ̀ κομμᾰ́τῐᾰ tà kommátia
Vocative	κομμᾰ́τῐον kommátion	κομμᾰτῐ́ω kommatíō	κομμᾰ́τῐᾰ kommátia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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