πιστάκιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βιστάκιον (bistákion), φιττάκια (phittákia), ψιττάκια (psittákia)

Etymology

From πιστάκη (pistákē, “pistachio tree”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pis.tá.ki.on/ → /pisˈta.ci.on/ → /pisˈta.ci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pis.tá.ki.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pisˈta.ki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pisˈta.ci.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pisˈta.ci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pisˈta.ci.on/

Noun

πιστάκῐον • (pistákion) n (genitive πιστᾰκίου); second declension

1. pistachio

Declension

Second declension of τὸ πῐστᾰ́κῐον; τοῦ πῐστᾰκῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πῐστᾰ́κῐον tò pistákion	τὼ πῐστᾰκῐ́ω tṑ pistakíō	τᾰ̀ πῐστᾰ́κῐᾰ tà pistákia
Genitive	τοῦ πῐστᾰκῐ́ου toû pistakíou	τοῖν πῐστᾰκῐ́οιν toîn pistakíoin	τῶν πῐστᾰκῐ́ων tôn pistakíōn
Dative	τῷ πῐστᾰκῐ́ῳ tôi pistakíōi	τοῖν πῐστᾰκῐ́οιν toîn pistakíoin	τοῖς πῐστᾰκῐ́οις toîs pistakíois
Accusative	τὸ πῐστᾰ́κῐον tò pistákion	τὼ πῐστᾰκῐ́ω tṑ pistakíō	τᾰ̀ πῐστᾰ́κῐᾰ tà pistákia
Vocative	πῐστᾰ́κῐον pistákion	πῐστᾰκῐ́ω pistakíō	πῐστᾰ́κῐᾰ pistákia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: pistacium (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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