ὑδάτιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Diminutive form of ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.dá.ti.on/ → /yˈða.ti.on/ → /iˈða.ti.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.dá.ti.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈda.ti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈða.ti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈða.ti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈða.ti.on/

Noun

ὑδᾰ́τῐον • (hudátion) n (genitive ὑδᾰτῐ́ου); second declension

1. rivulet, little water, runnel
2. small drink or quantity of water

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὑδᾰ́τῐον; τοῦ ὑδᾰτῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὑδᾰ́τῐον tò hudátion	τὼ ὑδᾰτῐ́ω tṑ hudatíō	τᾰ̀ ὑδᾰ́τῐᾰ tà hudátia
Genitive	τοῦ ὑδᾰτῐ́ου toû hudatíou	τοῖν ὑδᾰτῐ́οιν toîn hudatíoin	τῶν ὑδᾰτῐ́ων tôn hudatíōn
Dative	τῷ ὑδᾰτῐ́ῳ tôi hudatíōi	τοῖν ὑδᾰτῐ́οιν toîn hudatíoin	τοῖς ὑδᾰτῐ́οις toîs hudatíois
Accusative	τὸ ὑδᾰ́τῐον tò hudátion	τὼ ὑδᾰτῐ́ω tṑ hudatíō	τᾰ̀ ὑδᾰ́τῐᾰ tà hudátia
Vocative	ὑδᾰ́τῐον hudátion	ὑδᾰτῐ́ω hudatíō	ὑδᾰ́τῐᾰ hudátia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὑδάτινος (hudátinos)

Further reading

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