κοντάκιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der.

Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós)

Ancient Greek κόνταξ (kóntax)

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?

Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion)

Ancient Greek κοντάκιον

From κόνταξ (kóntax, “rod, stick”, referring to the pole around which the scroll [with the hymn on it] was wound) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kon.tá.ki.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /konˈta.ki.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /konˈta.ci.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /konˈta.ci.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /konˈda.ci.on/

Noun

κοντᾰ́κῐον • (kontắkĭon) n (genitive κοντᾰκῐ́ου); second declension

(Byzantine) Kontakion, a type of Byzantine hymn

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κοντᾰ́κῐον; τοῦ κοντᾰκῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κοντᾰ́κῐον tò kontắkĭon	τὼ κοντᾰκῐ́ω tṑ kontăkĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κοντᾰ́κῐᾰ tằ kontắkĭă
Genitive	τοῦ κοντᾰκῐ́ου toû kontăkĭ́ou	τοῖν κοντᾰκῐ́οιν toîn kontăkĭ́oin	τῶν κοντᾰκῐ́ων tôn kontăkĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ κοντᾰκῐ́ῳ tōî kontăkĭ́ōi	τοῖν κοντᾰκῐ́οιν toîn kontăkĭ́oin	τοῖς κοντᾰκῐ́οις toîs kontăkĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κοντᾰ́κῐον tò kontắkĭon	τὼ κοντᾰκῐ́ω tṑ kontăkĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κοντᾰ́κῐᾰ tằ kontắkĭă
Vocative	κοντᾰ́κῐον kontắkĭon	κοντᾰκῐ́ω kontăkĭ́ō	κοντᾰ́κῐᾰ kontắkĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κοντακάριον (kontakárion)

Descendants

Greek: κοντάκι (kontáki), κοντάκιο (kontákio)
→ Arabic: قِنْدَاق (qindāq)
→ Old Armenian: կոնդակ (kondak)
→ Bulgarian: конда́к (kondák)
→ Georgian: კონდაკი (ḳondaḳi)
→ Old East Slavic: коньдакъ (konĭdakŭ), кондакъ (kondakŭ)
- Russian: конда́к (kondák)
→ Ottoman Turkish: قونداق (kundak) (see there for further descendants)
→ Romanian: condac
→ Sardinian: condaghe
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: ко̀ндак

Latin script: kòndak
→ Classical Syriac: ܩܘܢܕܩܐ (qōndaqā)