βασκάνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βάσκᾰνος (báskănos, “sorcerer, bewitcher”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bas.ká.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /basˈka.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βasˈka.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vasˈka.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vasˈka.ni.on/
Noun
βασκάνῐον • (baskánĭon) n (genitive βασκᾰνίου); second declension
- amulet, talisman, charm, especially one against the evil eye
- Synonyms: περίαπτον (períapton), φυλακτήριον (phulaktḗrion)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ βᾰσκᾰ́νῐον tò băskắnĭon |
τὼ βᾰσκᾰνῐ́ω tṑ băskănĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ βᾰσκᾰ́νῐᾰ tằ băskắnĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βᾰσκᾰνῐ́ου toû băskănĭ́ou |
τοῖν βᾰσκᾰνῐ́οιν toîn băskănĭ́oin |
τῶν βᾰσκᾰνῐ́ων tôn băskănĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βᾰσκᾰνῐ́ῳ tōî băskănĭ́ōi |
τοῖν βᾰσκᾰνῐ́οιν toîn băskănĭ́oin |
τοῖς βᾰσκᾰνῐ́οις toîs băskănĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βᾰσκᾰ́νῐον tò băskắnĭon |
τὼ βᾰσκᾰνῐ́ω tṑ băskănĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ βᾰσκᾰ́νῐᾰ tằ băskắnĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βᾰσκᾰ́νῐον băskắnĭon |
βᾰσκᾰνῐ́ω băskănĭ́ō |
βᾰσκᾰ́νῐᾰ băskắnĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βασκάνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βασκάνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βασκάνιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)