Θεοτοκίον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Θεοτόκος (Theotókos, “God-bearer; Mother of God; Holy Mother of God;”) + -ίον (-íon, “A noun-forming diminutive suffix”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰe.o.to.kí.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰe.o.toˈki.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θe.o.toˈci.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θe.o.toˈci.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θe.o.toˈci.on/
Proper noun
Θεοτοκίον • (Theotokíon) f (genitive Θεοτοκῐ́ου); second declension (Koine, Byzantine)
- (Christianity) A hymn to Mary, the Theotokos, read or chanted during the Divine Services of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ Θεοτοκῐ́ον tò Theotokíon | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Θεοτοκῐ́ου toû Theotokíou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Θεοτοκῐ́ῳ tôi Theotokíōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ Θεοτοκῐ́ον tò Theotokíon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Θεοτοκῐ́ον Theotokíon | ||||||||||||
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