λεπτίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λεπτός (leptós, “peeled, husked”) +‎ -ῐ́ον (-íon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lep.tí.on/ → /lepˈti.on/ → /lepˈti.on/

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

Noun

λεπτῐ́ον • (leptíon) n (genitive λεπτῐ́ου); second declension

1. jar

Declension

Second declension of τὸ λεπτῐ́ον; τοῦ λεπτῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λεπτῐ́ον tò leptíon	τὼ λεπτῐ́ω tṑ leptíō	τᾰ̀ λεπτῐ́ᾰ tà leptía
Genitive	τοῦ λεπτῐ́ου toû leptíou	τοῖν λεπτῐ́οιν toîn leptíoin	τῶν λεπτῐ́ων tôn leptíōn
Dative	τῷ λεπτῐ́ῳ tôi leptíōi	τοῖν λεπτῐ́οιν toîn leptíoin	τοῖς λεπτῐ́οις toîs leptíois
Accusative	τὸ λεπτῐ́ον tò leptíon	τὼ λεπτῐ́ω tṑ leptíō	τᾰ̀ λεπτῐ́ᾰ tà leptía
Vocative	λεπτῐ́ον leptíon	λεπτῐ́ω leptíō	λεπτῐ́ᾰ leptía
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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