ψωμίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψωμός (psōmós, “morsel”) +‎ -ῐ́ον (-íon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psoˈmi.on/ → /psoˈmi.on/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psoˈmi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psoˈmi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psoˈmi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psoˈmi.on/

Noun

ψωμῐ́ον • (psōmíon) n (genitive ψωμῐ́ου); second declension (Koine)

1. small morsel

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ψωμῐ́ον; τοῦ ψωμῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψωμῐ́ον tò psōmíon	τὼ ψωμῐ́ω tṑ psōmíō	τᾰ̀ ψωμῐ́ᾰ tà psōmía
Genitive	τοῦ ψωμῐ́ου toû psōmíou	τοῖν ψωμῐ́οιν toîn psōmíoin	τῶν ψωμῐ́ων tôn psōmíōn
Dative	τῷ ψωμῐ́ῳ tôi psōmíōi	τοῖν ψωμῐ́οιν toîn psōmíoin	τοῖς ψωμῐ́οις toîs psōmíois
Accusative	τὸ ψωμῐ́ον tò psōmíon	τὼ ψωμῐ́ω tṑ psōmíō	τᾰ̀ ψωμῐ́ᾰ tà psōmía
Vocative	ψωμῐ́ον psōmíon	ψωμῐ́ω psōmíō	ψωμῐ́ᾰ psōmía
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: ψωμίν (psōmín)
  • Italiot Greek: tzomì
  • Greek: ψωμί (psomí)

Further reading

• “ψωμίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ψωμίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ψωμίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette