χελωνάριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χελώνη (khelṓnē, “tortoise”) +‎ -ᾰ́ρῐον (-árion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

χελωνᾰ́ρῐον • (khelōnárion) n (genitive χελωνᾰρῐ́ου); second declension

  1. inferior tortoise-shell
  2. tailpiece, of the stand of a torsion-engine

Declension
Second declension of τὸ χελωνᾰ́ρῐον; τοῦ χελωνᾰρῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ χελωνᾰ́ρῐον
tò khelōnárion		 τὼ χελωνᾰρῐ́ω
tṑ khelōnaríō		 τᾰ̀ χελωνᾰ́ρῐᾰ
tà khelōnária
Genitive τοῦ χελωνᾰρῐ́ου
toû khelōnaríou		 τοῖν χελωνᾰρῐ́οιν
toîn khelōnaríoin		 τῶν χελωνᾰρῐ́ων
tôn khelōnaríōn
Dative τῷ χελωνᾰρῐ́ῳ
tôi khelōnaríōi		 τοῖν χελωνᾰρῐ́οιν
toîn khelōnaríoin		 τοῖς χελωνᾰρῐ́οις
toîs khelōnaríois
Accusative τὸ χελωνᾰ́ρῐον
tò khelōnárion		 τὼ χελωνᾰρῐ́ω
tṑ khelōnaríō		 τᾰ̀ χελωνᾰ́ρῐᾰ
tà khelōnária
Vocative χελωνᾰ́ρῐον
khelōnárion		 χελωνᾰρῐ́ω
khelōnaríō		 χελωνᾰ́ρῐᾰ
khelōnária
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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