τοπάζιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τόπαζος (tópazos) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /to.páz.di.on/ → /toˈpa.zi.on/ → /toˈpa.zi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /to.páz.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /toˈpa.zi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /toˈpa.zi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /toˈpa.zi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /toˈpa.zi.on/

Noun

τοπάζῐον • (topázion) n (genitive τοπαζίου); second declension

1. diminutive of τόπαζος (tópazos)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ τοπάζῐον; τοῦ τοπαζῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τοπάζῐον tò topázion	τὼ τοπαζῐ́ω tṑ topazíō	τᾰ̀ τοπάζῐᾰ tà topázia
Genitive	τοῦ τοπαζῐ́ου toû topazíou	τοῖν τοπαζῐ́οιν toîn topazíoin	τῶν τοπαζῐ́ων tôn topazíōn
Dative	τῷ τοπαζῐ́ῳ tôi topazíōi	τοῖν τοπαζῐ́οιν toîn topazíoin	τοῖς τοπαζῐ́οις toîs topazíois
Accusative	τὸ τοπάζῐον tò topázion	τὼ τοπαζῐ́ω tṑ topazíō	τᾰ̀ τοπάζῐᾰ tà topázia
Vocative	τοπάζῐον topázion	τοπαζῐ́ω topazíō	τοπάζῐᾰ topázia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Ge'ez: ትጳዝዮን (təp̣azyon)
• → Old Georgian: ტპაზიონი (ṭṗazioni)
• → Latin: topazium, topazion
• → Classical Syriac: ܛܘܦܐܙܝܘܢ (ṭōppāz(ī)yōn)

Further reading

• τοπάζιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “τοπάζιον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• G5116 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible