νεφέλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

νεφέλῐον • (nephélion) n (genitive νεφελῐ́ου); second declension

  1. (astronomy) nebula
  2. cloud in urine
  3. (pathology) cloud-like opacity on the eye
  4. white speck on the nails

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ νεφέλῐον; τοῦ νεφελῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ νεφέλῐον
tò nephélion		 τὼ νεφελῐ́ω
tṑ nephelíō		 τᾰ̀ νεφέλῐᾰ
tà nephélia
Genitive τοῦ νεφελῐ́ου
toû nephelíou		 τοῖν νεφελῐ́οιν
toîn nephelíoin		 τῶν νεφελῐ́ων
tôn nephelíōn
Dative τῷ νεφελῐ́ῳ
tôi nephelíōi		 τοῖν νεφελῐ́οιν
toîn nephelíoin		 τοῖς νεφελῐ́οις
toîs nephelíois
Accusative τὸ νεφέλῐον
tò nephélion		 τὼ νεφελῐ́ω
tṑ nephelíō		 τᾰ̀ νεφέλῐᾰ
tà nephélia
Vocative νεφέλῐον
nephélion		 νεφελῐ́ω
nephelíō		 νεφέλῐᾰ
nephélia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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