προσωπεῖον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• προσώπιον (prosṓpion)

Etymology

From πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face, countenance”) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pro.sɔː.pêː.on/ → /pro.soˈpi.on/ → /pro.soˈpi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pro.sɔː.pêː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pro.soˈpi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pro.soˈpi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pro.soˈpi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pro.soˈpi.on/

Noun

προσωπεῖον • (prosōpeîon) n (genitive προσωπείου); second declension

1. mask

Declension

Second declension of τὸ προσωπεῖον; τοῦ προσωπείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ προσωπεῖον tò prosōpeîon	τὼ προσωπείω tṑ prosōpeíō	τᾰ̀ προσωπεῖᾰ tà prosōpeîa
Genitive	τοῦ προσωπείου toû prosōpeíou	τοῖν προσωπείοιν toîn prosōpeíoin	τῶν προσωπείων tôn prosōpeíōn
Dative	τῷ προσωπείῳ tôi prosōpeíōi	τοῖν προσωπείοιν toîn prosōpeíoin	τοῖς προσωπείοις toîs prosōpeíois
Accusative	τὸ προσωπεῖον tò prosōpeîon	τὼ προσωπείω tṑ prosōpeíō	τᾰ̀ προσωπεῖᾰ tà prosōpeîa
Vocative	προσωπεῖον prosōpeîon	προσωπείω prosōpeíō	προσωπεῖᾰ prosōpeîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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