ξάνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξαίνω (xaínō, “to card”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksá.ni.on/ → /ˈksa.ni.on/ → /ˈksa.ni.on/

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

Noun

ξᾰ́νῐον • (xánion) n (genitive ξᾰνῐ́ου); second declension

1. card for combing wool

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ξᾰ́νῐον; τοῦ ξᾰνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ξᾰ́νῐον tò xánion	τὼ ξᾰνῐ́ω tṑ xaníō	τᾰ̀ ξᾰ́νῐᾰ tà xánia
Genitive	τοῦ ξᾰνῐ́ου toû xaníou	τοῖν ξᾰνῐ́οιν toîn xaníoin	τῶν ξᾰνῐ́ων tôn xaníōn
Dative	τῷ ξᾰνῐ́ῳ tôi xaníōi	τοῖν ξᾰνῐ́οιν toîn xaníoin	τοῖς ξᾰνῐ́οις toîs xaníois
Accusative	τὸ ξᾰ́νῐον tò xánion	τὼ ξᾰνῐ́ω tṑ xaníō	τᾰ̀ ξᾰ́νῐᾰ tà xánia
Vocative	ξᾰ́νῐον xánion	ξᾰνῐ́ω xaníō	ξᾰ́νῐᾰ xánia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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