πηλάριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πηλός (pēlós, “mud, clay”) +‎ -ᾰ́ρῐον (-árion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɛː.lá.ri.on/ → /piˈla.ri.on/ → /piˈla.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɛː.lá.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe̝ˈla.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈla.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈla.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈla.ri.on/

Noun

πηλᾰ́ρῐον • (pēlárion) n (genitive πηλᾰρῐ́ου); second declension

1. kind of eyesalve

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πηλᾰ́ρῐον; τοῦ πηλᾰρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πηλᾰ́ρῐον tò pēlárion	τὼ πηλᾰρῐ́ω tṑ pēlaríō	τᾰ̀ πηλᾰ́ρῐᾰ tà pēlária
Genitive	τοῦ πηλᾰρῐ́ου toû pēlaríou	τοῖν πηλᾰρῐ́οιν toîn pēlaríoin	τῶν πηλᾰρῐ́ων tôn pēlaríōn
Dative	τῷ πηλᾰρῐ́ῳ tôi pēlaríōi	τοῖν πηλᾰρῐ́οιν toîn pēlaríoin	τοῖς πηλᾰρῐ́οις toîs pēlaríois
Accusative	τὸ πηλᾰ́ρῐον tò pēlárion	τὼ πηλᾰρῐ́ω tṑ pēlaríō	τᾰ̀ πηλᾰ́ρῐᾰ tà pēlária
Vocative	πηλᾰ́ρῐον pēlárion	πηλᾰρῐ́ω pēlaríō	πηλᾰ́ρῐᾰ pēlária
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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