ἱστίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔στός (histós, “mast”) +‎ -ῐ́ον (-íon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /his.tí.on/ → /isˈti.on/ → /isˈti.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /his.tí.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)isˈti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /isˈti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /isˈti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /isˈti.on/

Noun

ῐ̔στῐ́ον • (histíon) n (genitive ῐ̔στῐ́ου); second declension (Epic, Ionic, Attic, Doric)

1. (usually in the plural) sail
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.781:

     ἐν δ’ ἱστόν τε τίθεντο καὶ ἱστία νηῒ μελαίνῃ

     en d’ histón te títhento kaì histía nēï̀ melaínēi

     They put the mast and sails onto the black ship

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ῐ̔στῐ́ον; τοῦ ῐ̔στῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῐ̔στῐ́ον tò histíon	τὼ ῐ̔στῐ́ω tṑ histíō	τᾰ̀ ῐ̔στῐ́ᾰ tà histía
Genitive	τοῦ ῐ̔στῐ́ου toû histíou	τοῖν ῐ̔στῐ́οιν toîn histíoin	τῶν ῐ̔στῐ́ων tôn histíōn
Dative	τῷ ῐ̔στῐ́ῳ tôi histíōi	τοῖν ῐ̔στῐ́οιν toîn histíoin	τοῖς ῐ̔στῐ́οις toîs histíois
Accusative	τὸ ῐ̔στῐ́ον tò histíon	τὼ ῐ̔στῐ́ω tṑ histíō	τᾰ̀ ῐ̔στῐ́ᾰ tà histía
Vocative	ῐ̔στῐ́ον histíon	ῐ̔στῐ́ω histíō	ῐ̔στῐ́ᾰ histía
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἱστίον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἱστίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press