ἡφαιστεῖον

See also: ηφαίστειο

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἥφαιστος (Hḗphaistos, “Hephaestus”) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon, “instruments or means of action”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.pʰai̯s.têː.on/ → /i.ɸɛsˈti.on/ → /i.fesˈti.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.pʰai̯s.têː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.pʰɛsˈti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ɸɛsˈti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.fesˈti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.fesˈti.on/

Noun

ἡφαιστεῖον • (hēphaisteîon) n (genitive ἡφαιστείου); second declension

1. a temple of Hephaestus

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἡφαιστεῖον; τοῦ ἡφαιστείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἡφαιστεῖον tò hēphaisteîon	τὼ ἡφαιστείω tṑ hēphaisteíō	τᾰ̀ ἡφαιστεῖᾰ tà hēphaisteîa
Genitive	τοῦ ἡφαιστείου toû hēphaisteíou	τοῖν ἡφαιστείοιν toîn hēphaisteíoin	τῶν ἡφαιστείων tôn hēphaisteíōn
Dative	τῷ ἡφαιστείῳ tôi hēphaisteíōi	τοῖν ἡφαιστείοιν toîn hēphaisteíoin	τοῖς ἡφαιστείοις toîs hēphaisteíois
Accusative	τὸ ἡφαιστεῖον tò hēphaisteîon	τὼ ἡφαιστείω tṑ hēphaisteíō	τᾰ̀ ἡφαιστεῖᾰ tà hēphaisteîa
Vocative	ἡφαιστεῖον hēphaisteîon	ἡφαιστείω hēphaisteíō	ἡφαιστεῖᾰ hēphaisteîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• ἡφαιστεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Liddell-Scott, s.v.