χελωνάριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χελώνη (khelṓnē, “tortoise”) +‎ -ᾰ́ρῐον (-árion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰe.lɔː.ná.ri.on/ → /çe.loˈna.ri.on/ → /çe.loˈna.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰe.lɔː.ná.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰe.loˈna.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çe.loˈna.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çe.loˈna.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çe.loˈna.ri.on/

Noun

χελωνᾰ́ρῐον • (khelōnárion) n (genitive χελωνᾰρῐ́ου); second declension

1. inferior tortoise-shell
2. tailpiece, of the stand of a torsion-engine

Declension

Second declension of τὸ χελωνᾰ́ρῐον; τοῦ χελωνᾰρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χελωνᾰ́ρῐον tò khelōnárion	τὼ χελωνᾰρῐ́ω tṑ khelōnaríō	τᾰ̀ χελωνᾰ́ρῐᾰ tà khelōnária
Genitive	τοῦ χελωνᾰρῐ́ου toû khelōnaríou	τοῖν χελωνᾰρῐ́οιν toîn khelōnaríoin	τῶν χελωνᾰρῐ́ων tôn khelōnaríōn
Dative	τῷ χελωνᾰρῐ́ῳ tôi khelōnaríōi	τοῖν χελωνᾰρῐ́οιν toîn khelōnaríoin	τοῖς χελωνᾰρῐ́οις toîs khelōnaríois
Accusative	τὸ χελωνᾰ́ρῐον tò khelōnárion	τὼ χελωνᾰρῐ́ω tṑ khelōnaríō	τᾰ̀ χελωνᾰ́ρῐᾰ tà khelōnária
Vocative	χελωνᾰ́ρῐον khelōnárion	χελωνᾰρῐ́ω khelōnaríō	χελωνᾰ́ρῐᾰ khelōnária
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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