κενοτάφιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κενός (kenós, “empty”) +‎ τάφος (táphos, “tomb”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κενοτᾰ́φῐον • (kenotáphion) n (genitive κενοτᾰφῐ́ου); second declension

  1. cenotaph, empty tomb

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ κενοτᾰ́φῐον; τοῦ κενοτᾰφῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κενοτᾰ́φῐον
tò kenotáphion		 τὼ κενοτᾰφῐ́ω
tṑ kenotaphíō		 τᾰ̀ κενοτᾰ́φῐᾰ
tà kenotáphia
Genitive τοῦ κενοτᾰφῐ́ου
toû kenotaphíou		 τοῖν κενοτᾰφῐ́οιν
toîn kenotaphíoin		 τῶν κενοτᾰφῐ́ων
tôn kenotaphíōn
Dative τῷ κενοτᾰφῐ́ῳ
tôi kenotaphíōi		 τοῖν κενοτᾰφῐ́οιν
toîn kenotaphíoin		 τοῖς κενοτᾰφῐ́οις
toîs kenotaphíois
Accusative τὸ κενοτᾰ́φῐον
tò kenotáphion		 τὼ κενοτᾰφῐ́ω
tṑ kenotaphíō		 τᾰ̀ κενοτᾰ́φῐᾰ
tà kenotáphia
Vocative κενοτᾰ́φῐον
kenotáphion		 κενοτᾰφῐ́ω
kenotaphíō		 κενοτᾰ́φῐᾰ
kenotáphia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: κενοτάφιο (kenotáfio)
  • → English: cenotaph

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