ᾠάριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) +‎ -άρῐον (-árion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔːi̯.á.rí.on/ → /oˈaˈri.on/ → /oˈaˈri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔːi̯.á.rí.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈaˈri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈaˈri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈaˈri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈaˈri.on/

Noun

ᾠᾰ́ρῐον • (ōiárion) n (genitive ᾠᾰρῐ́ου); second declension

1. small egg

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ᾠᾰ́ρῐον; τοῦ ᾠᾰρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾠᾰ́ρῐον tò ōiárion	τὼ ᾠᾰρῐ́ω tṑ ōiaríō	τᾰ̀ ᾠᾰ́ρῐᾰ tà ōiária
Genitive	τοῦ ᾠᾰρῐ́ου toû ōiaríou	τοῖν ᾠᾰρῐ́οιν toîn ōiaríoin	τῶν ᾠᾰρῐ́ων tôn ōiaríōn
Dative	τῷ ᾠᾰρῐ́ῳ tôi ōiaríōi	τοῖν ᾠᾰρῐ́οιν toîn ōiaríoin	τοῖς ᾠᾰρῐ́οις toîs ōiaríois
Accusative	τὸ ᾠᾰ́ρῐον tò ōiárion	τὼ ᾠᾰρῐ́ω tṑ ōiaríō	τᾰ̀ ᾠᾰ́ρῐᾰ tà ōiária
Vocative	ᾠᾰ́ρῐον ōiárion	ᾠᾰρῐ́ω ōiaríō	ᾠᾰ́ρῐᾰ ōiária
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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