σόλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin solea (“sandal”), solium (“seat, throne”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /só.li.on/ → /ˈso.li.on/ → /ˈso.li.on/

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

Noun

σόλῐον • (sólion) n (genitive σολῐ́ου); second declension

1. slipper, sandal

   Synonym: σάνδαλον (sándalon)

2. seat, stool

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σόλῐον; τοῦ σολῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σόλῐον tò sólion	τὼ σολῐ́ω tṑ solíō	τᾰ̀ σόλῐᾰ tà sólia
Genitive	τοῦ σολῐ́ου toû solíou	τοῖν σολῐ́οιν toîn solíoin	τῶν σολῐ́ων tôn solíōn
Dative	τῷ σολῐ́ῳ tôi solíōi	τοῖν σολῐ́οιν toîn solíoin	τοῖς σολῐ́οις toîs solíois
Accusative	τὸ σόλῐον tò sólion	τὼ σολῐ́ω tṑ solíō	τᾰ̀ σόλῐᾰ tà sólia
Vocative	σόλῐον sólion	σολῐ́ω solíō	σόλῐᾰ sólia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σόλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN