ἐργαλεῖον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐργαλήϊον (ergalḗïon) — Ionic
• ϝεργαλεῖον (wergaleîon) — Cretan

Etymology

From ἔργον (érgon, “work”) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /er.ɡa.lêː.on/ → /er.ɣaˈli.on/ → /er.ɣaˈli.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /er.ɡa.lêː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /er.ɡaˈli.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /er.ɣaˈli.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /er.ɣaˈli.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /er.ɣaˈli.on/

Noun

ἐργᾰλεῖον • (ergaleîon) n (genitive ἐργᾰλείου); second declension

1. tool, instrument

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἐργᾰλεῖον; τοῦ ἐργᾰλείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐργᾰλεῖον tò ergaleîon	τὼ ἐργᾰλείω tṑ ergaleíō	τᾰ̀ ἐργᾰλεῖᾰ tà ergaleîa
Genitive	τοῦ ἐργᾰλείου toû ergaleíou	τοῖν ἐργᾰλείοιν toîn ergaleíoin	τῶν ἐργᾰλείων tôn ergaleíōn
Dative	τῷ ἐργᾰλείῳ tôi ergaleíōi	τοῖν ἐργᾰλείοιν toîn ergaleíoin	τοῖς ἐργᾰλείοις toîs ergaleíois
Accusative	τὸ ἐργᾰλεῖον tò ergaleîon	τὼ ἐργᾰλείω tṑ ergaleíō	τᾰ̀ ἐργᾰλεῖᾰ tà ergaleîa
Vocative	ἐργᾰλεῖον ergaleîon	ἐργᾰλείω ergaleíō	ἐργᾰλεῖᾰ ergaleîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐργαλίδιον (ergalídion)
• ἐργαλοθήκη (ergalothḗkē)

 

Descendants

• Greek: εργαλείο (ergaleío)
• → Latin: ergalium
  • Galician: argallo

Further reading

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