σιτώνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῑτώνης (sītṓnēs, “public buyer of corn”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /siː.tɔ̌ː.ni.on/ → /siˈto.ni.on/ → /siˈto.ni.on/

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

Noun

σῑτώνῐον • (sītṓnion) n (genitive σῑτωνῐ́ου); second declension

1. public granary, storehouse or wheat-fund
2. money for the purchase of corn, as part of a soldier's pay
3. (economics) name of a tax, probably levied to provide corn money

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σῑτώνῐον; τοῦ σῑτωνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῑτώνῐον tò sītṓnion	τὼ σῑτωνῐ́ω tṑ sītōníō	τᾰ̀ σῑτώνῐᾰ tà sītṓnia
Genitive	τοῦ σῑτωνῐ́ου toû sītōníou	τοῖν σῑτωνῐ́οιν toîn sītōníoin	τῶν σῑτωνῐ́ων tôn sītōníōn
Dative	τῷ σῑτωνῐ́ῳ tôi sītōníōi	τοῖν σῑτωνῐ́οιν toîn sītōníoin	τοῖς σῑτωνῐ́οις toîs sītōníois
Accusative	τὸ σῑτώνῐον tò sītṓnion	τὼ σῑτωνῐ́ω tṑ sītōníō	τᾰ̀ σῑτώνῐᾰ tà sītṓnia
Vocative	σῑτώνῐον sītṓnion	σῑτωνῐ́ω sītōníō	σῑτώνῐᾰ sītṓnia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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