ὀψώνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀψωνέω (opsōnéō) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /op.sɔ̌ː.ni.on/ → /opˈso.ni.on/ → /opˈso.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /op.sɔ̌ː.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /opˈso.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /opˈso.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /opˈso.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /opˈso.ni.on/

Noun

ὀψώνῐον • (opsṓnion) n (genitive ὀψωνῐ́ου); second declension

1. salary, wages, pay, allowance
2. provisions

Conjugation

Second declension of τὸ ὀψώνῐον; τοῦ ὀψωνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὀψώνῐον tò opsṓnion	τὼ ὀψωνῐ́ω tṑ opsōníō	τᾰ̀ ὀψώνῐᾰ tà opsṓnia
Genitive	τοῦ ὀψωνῐ́ου toû opsōníou	τοῖν ὀψωνῐ́οιν toîn opsōníoin	τῶν ὀψωνῐ́ων tôn opsōníōn
Dative	τῷ ὀψωνῐ́ῳ tôi opsōníōi	τοῖν ὀψωνῐ́οιν toîn opsōníoin	τοῖς ὀψωνῐ́οις toîs opsōníois
Accusative	τὸ ὀψώνῐον tò opsṓnion	τὼ ὀψωνῐ́ω tṑ opsōníō	τᾰ̀ ὀψώνῐᾰ tà opsṓnia
Vocative	ὀψώνῐον opsṓnion	ὀψωνῐ́ω opsōníō	ὀψώνῐᾰ opsṓnia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ψώνιο (psónio)
• → Latin: obsōnium

Further reading

• “ὀψώνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀψώνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὀψώνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette