ἰχθυοπωλεῖον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἰχθυοπώλιον (ikhthuopṓlion)

Etymology

From ἰχθῡ́ς (ikhthū́s, “fish”) +‎ πωλέω (pōléō, “to sell”) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.o.pɔː.lêː.on/ → /ix.θy.o.poˈli.on/ → /ix.θi.o.poˈli.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.o.pɔː.lêː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.o.poˈli.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ix.θy.o.poˈli.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ix.θy.o.poˈli.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ix.θi.o.poˈli.on/

Noun

ἰχθῠοπωλεῖον • (ikhthuopōleîon) ? (genitive ἰχθῠοπωλείου); ? declension

1. fishmonger's, fish market

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἰχθῠοπωλεῖον; τοῦ ἰχθῠοπωλείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἰχθῠοπωλεῖον tò ikhthuopōleîon	τὼ ἰχθῠοπωλείω tṑ ikhthuopōleíō	τᾰ̀ ἰχθῠοπωλεῖᾰ tà ikhthuopōleîa
Genitive	τοῦ ἰχθῠοπωλείου toû ikhthuopōleíou	τοῖν ἰχθῠοπωλείοιν toîn ikhthuopōleíoin	τῶν ἰχθῠοπωλείων tôn ikhthuopōleíōn
Dative	τῷ ἰχθῠοπωλείῳ tôi ikhthuopōleíōi	τοῖν ἰχθῠοπωλείοιν toîn ikhthuopōleíoin	τοῖς ἰχθῠοπωλείοις toîs ikhthuopōleíois
Accusative	τὸ ἰχθῠοπωλεῖον tò ikhthuopōleîon	τὼ ἰχθῠοπωλείω tṑ ikhthuopōleíō	τᾰ̀ ἰχθῠοπωλεῖᾰ tà ikhthuopōleîa
Vocative	ἰχθῠοπωλεῖον ikhthuopōleîon	ἰχθῠοπωλείω ikhthuopōleíō	ἰχθῠοπωλεῖᾰ ikhthuopōleîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: ιχθυοπωλείο (ichthyopoleío)

Further reading

• ἰχθυοπώλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἰχθυοπωλεῖον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἰχθυοπώλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press