ἀγγεῖον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ἄγγος (ángos, “vessel”) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἀγγεῖον • (angeîon) n (genitive ᾰ̓γγείου); second declension

  1. vessel, jar, vase, pail, bucket, box
  2. receptacle, reservoir
  3. coffin, sarcophagus
  4. cavity (of a body)
    1. lung
    2. capsule (of plants)
    3. (later Greek) body

Declension
Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓γγεῖον; τοῦ ᾰ̓γγείου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ᾰ̓γγεῖον
tò angeîon		 τὼ ᾰ̓γγείω
tṑ angeíō		 τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓γγεῖᾰ
tà angeîa
Genitive τοῦ ᾰ̓γγείου
toû angeíou		 τοῖν ᾰ̓γγείοιν
toîn angeíoin		 τῶν ᾰ̓γγείων
tôn angeíōn
Dative τῷ ᾰ̓γγείῳ
tôi angeíōi		 τοῖν ᾰ̓γγείοιν
toîn angeíoin		 τοῖς ᾰ̓γγείοις
toîs angeíois
Accusative τὸ ᾰ̓γγεῖον
tò angeîon		 τὼ ᾰ̓γγείω
tṑ angeíō		 τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓γγεῖᾰ
tà angeîa
Vocative ᾰ̓γγεῖον
angeîon		 ᾰ̓γγείω
angeíō		 ᾰ̓γγεῖᾰ
angeîa
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Greek: αγγείο n (angeío, “vessel, pot, jar”) (learned)

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