κλωβίον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κλωβός (klōbós, “birdcage”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klɔː.bí.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kloˈbi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kloˈβi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kloˈvi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kloˈvi.on/
Noun
κλωβίον • (klōbíon) n (genitive κλωβίου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κλωβῐ́ον tò klōbĭ́on |
τὼ κλωβῐ́ω tṑ klōbĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κλωβῐ́ᾰ tằ klōbĭ́ă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κλωβῐ́ου toû klōbĭ́ou |
τοῖν κλωβῐ́οιν toîn klōbĭ́oin |
τῶν κλωβῐ́ων tôn klōbĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κλωβῐ́ῳ tōî klōbĭ́ōi |
τοῖν κλωβῐ́οιν toîn klōbĭ́oin |
τοῖς κλωβῐ́οις toîs klōbĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κλωβῐ́ον tò klōbĭ́on |
τὼ κλωβῐ́ω tṑ klōbĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κλωβῐ́ᾰ tằ klōbĭ́ă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κλωβῐ́ον klōbĭ́on |
κλωβῐ́ω klōbĭ́ō |
κλωβῐ́ᾰ klōbĭ́ă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: κλουβί (klouví)
Further reading
- κλωβίον, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “κλωβίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press