ἡμιθωράκιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) +‎ θωράκιον (thōrákion, “corslet”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.mi.tʰɔː.rǎː.ki.on/ → /i.mi.θoˈra.ci.on/ → /i.mi.θoˈra.ci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.mi.tʰɔː.rǎː.ki.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.mi.tʰoˈra.ki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.mi.θoˈra.ci.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.mi.θoˈra.ci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.mi.θoˈra.ci.on/

Noun

ἡμῐθωρᾱ́κῐον • (hēmithōrā́kion) n (genitive ἡμῐθωρᾱκῐ́ου); second declension

1. front plate of a corslet

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἡμῐθωρᾱ́κῐον; τοῦ ἡμῐθωρᾱκῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἡμῐθωρᾱ́κῐον tò hēmithōrā́kion	τὼ ἡμῐθωρᾱκῐ́ω tṑ hēmithōrākíō	τᾰ̀ ἡμῐθωρᾱ́κῐᾰ tà hēmithōrā́kia
Genitive	τοῦ ἡμῐθωρᾱκῐ́ου toû hēmithōrākíou	τοῖν ἡμῐθωρᾱκῐ́οιν toîn hēmithōrākíoin	τῶν ἡμῐθωρᾱκῐ́ων tôn hēmithōrākíōn
Dative	τῷ ἡμῐθωρᾱκῐ́ῳ tôi hēmithōrākíōi	τοῖν ἡμῐθωρᾱκῐ́οιν toîn hēmithōrākíoin	τοῖς ἡμῐθωρᾱκῐ́οις toîs hēmithōrākíois
Accusative	τὸ ἡμῐθωρᾱ́κῐον tò hēmithōrā́kion	τὼ ἡμῐθωρᾱκῐ́ω tṑ hēmithōrākíō	τᾰ̀ ἡμῐθωρᾱ́κῐᾰ tà hēmithōrā́kia
Vocative	ἡμῐθωρᾱ́κῐον hēmithōrā́kion	ἡμῐθωρᾱκῐ́ω hēmithōrākíō	ἡμῐθωρᾱ́κῐᾰ hēmithōrā́kia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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