ὀστάριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) +‎ -ᾰ́ρῐον (-árion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /os.tá.ri.on/ → /osˈta.ri.on/ → /osˈta.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /os.tá.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /osˈta.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /osˈta.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /osˈta.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /osˈta.ri.on/

Noun

ὀστᾰ́ρῐον • (ostárion) n (genitive ὀστᾰρῐ́ου); second declension

1. little bone, small piece of bone
2. (of nuts) stone, kernel

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ὀστᾰ́ρῐον; τοῦ ὀστᾰρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὀστᾰ́ρῐον tò ostárion	τὼ ὀστᾰρῐ́ω tṑ ostaríō	τᾰ̀ ὀστᾰ́ρῐᾰ tà ostária
Genitive	τοῦ ὀστᾰρῐ́ου toû ostaríou	τοῖν ὀστᾰρῐ́οιν toîn ostaríoin	τῶν ὀστᾰρῐ́ων tôn ostaríōn
Dative	τῷ ὀστᾰρῐ́ῳ tôi ostaríōi	τοῖν ὀστᾰρῐ́οιν toîn ostaríoin	τοῖς ὀστᾰρῐ́οις toîs ostaríois
Accusative	τὸ ὀστᾰ́ρῐον tò ostárion	τὼ ὀστᾰρῐ́ω tṑ ostaríō	τᾰ̀ ὀστᾰ́ρῐᾰ tà ostária
Vocative	ὀστᾰ́ρῐον ostárion	ὀστᾰρῐ́ω ostaríō	ὀστᾰ́ρῐᾰ ostária
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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