κογχύλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κογχῠ́λη (konkhŭ́lē) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix); the first element is itself a diminutive of κόγχη (kónkhē) and κόγχος (kónkhos).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κογχῠ́λῐον • (konkhŭ́lĭon) n (genitive κογχῠλῐ́οῠ); second declension

  1. a small kind of mussel or cockle
  2. (loosely) the shell of a bivalve

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κογχῠ́λῐον; τοῦ κογχῠλῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κογχῠ́λῐον
tò konkhŭ́lĭon 		τὼ κογχῠλῐ́ω
tṑ konkhŭlĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ κογχῠ́λῐᾰ
tằ konkhŭ́lĭă
Genitive τοῦ κογχῠλῐ́ου
toû konkhŭlĭ́ou 		τοῖν κογχῠλῐ́οιν
toîn konkhŭlĭ́oin 		τῶν κογχῠλῐ́ων
tôn konkhŭlĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ κογχῠλῐ́ῳ
tōî konkhŭlĭ́ōi 		τοῖν κογχῠλῐ́οιν
toîn konkhŭlĭ́oin 		τοῖς κογχῠλῐ́οις
toîs konkhŭlĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ κογχῠ́λῐον
tò konkhŭ́lĭon 		τὼ κογχῠλῐ́ω
tṑ konkhŭlĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ κογχῠ́λῐᾰ
tằ konkhŭ́lĭă
Vocative κογχῠ́λῐον
konkhŭ́lĭon 		κογχῠλῐ́ω
konkhŭlĭ́ō 		κογχῠ́λῐᾰ
konkhŭ́lĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: κοχύλι (kochýli)
  • Latin: conchylium (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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