μαρσίππιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μαρσίπιον (marsípion), μαρσίππειον (marsíppeion), μαρσύπιον (marsúpion)

Etymology

From μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mar.síp.pi.on/ → /marˈsip.pi.on/ → /marˈsi.pi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mar.síp.pi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /marˈsip.pi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /marˈsip.pi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /marˈsip.pi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /marˈsi.pi.on/

Noun

μαρσίππῐον • (marsíppion) n (genitive μαρσιππίου); second declension

1. diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ μᾰρσῐ́ππῐον; τοῦ μᾰρσῐππῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μᾰρσῐ́ππῐον tò marsíppion	τὼ μᾰρσῐππῐ́ω tṑ marsippíō	τᾰ̀ μᾰρσῐ́ππῐᾰ tà marsíppia
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰρσῐππῐ́ου toû marsippíou	τοῖν μᾰρσῐππῐ́οιν toîn marsippíoin	τῶν μᾰρσῐππῐ́ων tôn marsippíōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰρσῐππῐ́ῳ tôi marsippíōi	τοῖν μᾰρσῐππῐ́οιν toîn marsippíoin	τοῖς μᾰρσῐππῐ́οις toîs marsippíois
Accusative	τὸ μᾰρσῐ́ππῐον tò marsíppion	τὼ μᾰρσῐππῐ́ω tṑ marsippíō	τᾰ̀ μᾰρσῐ́ππῐᾰ tà marsíppia
Vocative	μᾰρσῐ́ππῐον marsíppion	μᾰρσῐππῐ́ω marsippíō	μᾰρσῐ́ππῐᾰ marsíppia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• μαρσίπιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “μαρσίππιον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “μαρσίππιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press