μόδιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin modius.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mó.di.os/ → /ˈmo.ði.os/ → /ˈmo.ði.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mó.di.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.di.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ði.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ði.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ði.os/

Noun

μόδῐος • (módios) m (genitive μοδῐ́ου); second declension

1. modius, a dry measure equivalent to a sixth of a medimnus
2. vessel of this capacity
3. measure of length, equivalent to 200 ὀργυιαί (orguiaí)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μόδῐος; τοῦ μοδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μόδῐος ho módios	τὼ μοδῐ́ω tṑ modíō	οἱ μόδῐοι hoi módioi
Genitive	τοῦ μοδῐ́ου toû modíou	τοῖν μοδῐ́οιν toîn modíoin	τῶν μοδῐ́ων tôn modíōn
Dative	τῷ μοδῐ́ῳ tôi modíōi	τοῖν μοδῐ́οιν toîn modíoin	τοῖς μοδῐ́οις toîs modíois
Accusative	τὸν μόδῐον tòn módion	τὼ μοδῐ́ω tṑ modíō	τοὺς μοδῐ́ους toùs modíous
Vocative	μόδῐε módie	μοδῐ́ω modíō	μόδῐοι módioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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