μελάνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλαν (mélan, “ink”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μελάνῐον • (melánion) n (genitive μελᾰνίου); second declension

  1. ink

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ μελᾰ́νῐον; τοῦ μελᾰνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ μελᾰ́νῐον
tò melánion		 τὼ μελᾰνῐ́ω
tṑ melaníō		 τᾰ̀ μελᾰ́νῐᾰ
tà melánia
Genitive τοῦ μελᾰνῐ́ου
toû melaníou		 τοῖν μελᾰνῐ́οιν
toîn melaníoin		 τῶν μελᾰνῐ́ων
tôn melaníōn
Dative τῷ μελᾰνῐ́ῳ
tôi melaníōi		 τοῖν μελᾰνῐ́οιν
toîn melaníoin		 τοῖς μελᾰνῐ́οις
toîs melaníois
Accusative τὸ μελᾰ́νῐον
tò melánion		 τὼ μελᾰνῐ́ω
tṑ melaníō		 τᾰ̀ μελᾰ́νῐᾰ
tà melánia
Vocative μελᾰ́νῐον
melánion		 μελᾰνῐ́ω
melaníō		 μελᾰ́νῐᾰ
melánia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: μελάνι (meláni)

Further reading
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