ἀέθλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἄεθλον (áethlon) +‎ -ιον (-ion)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.wé.tʰli.on/ → /aˈe.θli.on/ → /aˈe.θli.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.wé.tʰli.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈe.tʰli.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈe.θli.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈe.θli.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈe.θli.on/

Noun

ἀέθλῐον • (aéthlion) n (genitive ἀέθλίου); second declension

1. (Epic) Synonym of ἆθλον (âthlon)

Inflection

Second declension of ἀέθλῐον; ἀεθλῐ́ου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἀέθλῐον aéthlion	ἀεθλῐ́ω aethlíō	ἀέθλῐᾰ aéthlia
Genitive	ἀεθλῐ́ου / ἀεθλῐοῖο / ἀεθλῐ́οιο / ἀεθλῐόο / ἀεθλῐ́οο aethlíou / aethlioîo / aethlíoio / aethlióo / aethlíoo	ἀεθλῐ́οιῐν aethlíoiin	ἀεθλῐ́ων aethlíōn
Dative	ἀεθλῐ́ῳ aethlíōi	ἀεθλῐ́οιῐν aethlíoiin	ἀεθλῐ́οισῐ / ἀεθλῐ́οισῐν / ἀεθλῐ́οις aethlíoisi(n) / aethlíois
Accusative	ἀέθλῐον aéthlion	ἀεθλῐ́ω aethlíō	ἀέθλῐᾰ aéthlia
Vocative	ἀέθλῐον aéthlion	ἀεθλῐ́ω aethlíō	ἀέθλῐᾰ aéthlia
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Adjective

ἀέθλῐον • (aéthlion)

1. inflection of ἀέθλιος (aéthlios):
   1. masculine accusative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

Further reading

• “ἀέθλιον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀέθλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀέθλιον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἀέθλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press