ὑδρέλαιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) +‎ ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.dré.lai̯.on/ → /yˈðre.lɛ.on/ → /iˈðre.le.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.dré.lai̯.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈdre.lɛ.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈðre.lɛ.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈðre.le.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈðre.le.on/

Noun

ὑδρέλαιον • (hudrélaion) n (genitive ὑδρελαίου); second declension

1. water mixed with oil

   Synonym: χύτλον (khútlon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὑδρέλαιον; τοῦ ὑδρελαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὑδρέλαιον tò hudrélaion	τὼ ὑδρελαίω tṑ hudrelaíō	τᾰ̀ ὑδρέλαιᾰ tà hudrélaia
Genitive	τοῦ ὑδρελαίου toû hudrelaíou	τοῖν ὑδρελαίοιν toîn hudrelaíoin	τῶν ὑδρελαίων tôn hudrelaíōn
Dative	τῷ ὑδρελαίῳ tôi hudrelaíōi	τοῖν ὑδρελαίοιν toîn hudrelaíoin	τοῖς ὑδρελαίοις toîs hudrelaíois
Accusative	τὸ ὑδρέλαιον tò hudrélaion	τὼ ὑδρελαίω tṑ hudrelaíō	τᾰ̀ ὑδρέλαιᾰ tà hudrélaia
Vocative	ὑδρέλαιον hudrélaion	ὑδρελαίω hudrelaíō	ὑδρέλαιᾰ hudrélaia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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