ἀσφάλτιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.pʰál.ti.on/ → /asˈɸal.ti.on/ → /asˈfal.ti.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.pʰál.ti.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /asˈpʰal.ti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /asˈɸal.ti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /asˈfal.ti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /asˈfal.ti.on/

Noun

ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον • (aspháltion) n (genitive ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ου); second declension

1. pitch trefoil (Bituminaria bituminosa)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον; τοῦ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον tò aspháltion	τὼ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ω tṑ asphaltíō	τᾰ̀ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐᾰ tà aspháltia
Genitive	τοῦ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ου toû asphaltíou	τοῖν ἀσφᾰλτῐ́οιν toîn asphaltíoin	τῶν ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ων tôn asphaltíōn
Dative	τῷ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ῳ tôi asphaltíōi	τοῖν ἀσφᾰλτῐ́οιν toîn asphaltíoin	τοῖς ἀσφᾰλτῐ́οις toîs asphaltíois
Accusative	τὸ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον tò aspháltion	τὼ ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ω tṑ asphaltíō	τᾰ̀ ἀσφᾰ́λτῐᾰ tà aspháltia
Vocative	ἀσφᾰ́λτῐον aspháltion	ἀσφᾰλτῐ́ω asphaltíō	ἀσφᾰ́λτῐᾰ aspháltia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀσφάλτιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀσφάλτιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσφάλτιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)