χαλάζιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χᾰ́λᾰζᾰ (khắlăză, “hail”) + -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰaˈla.zi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xaˈla.zi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xaˈla.zi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xaˈla.zi.on/
Noun
χᾰλᾰ́ζῐον • (khălắzĭon) n (genitive χᾰλᾰζῐ́ου); second declension (Koine)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ χᾰλᾰ́ζῐον tò khălắzĭon |
τὼ χᾰλᾰζῐ́ω tṑ khălăzĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ χᾰλᾰ́ζῐᾰ tằ khălắzĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χᾰλᾰζῐ́ου toû khălăzĭ́ou |
τοῖν χᾰλᾰζῐ́οιν toîn khălăzĭ́oin |
τῶν χᾰλᾰζῐ́ων tôn khălăzĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χᾰλᾰζῐ́ῳ tōî khălăzĭ́ōi |
τοῖν χᾰλᾰζῐ́οιν toîn khălăzĭ́oin |
τοῖς χᾰλᾰζῐ́οις toîs khălăzĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ χᾰλᾰ́ζῐον tò khălắzĭon |
τὼ χᾰλᾰζῐ́ω tṑ khălăzĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ χᾰλᾰ́ζῐᾰ tằ khălắzĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χᾰλᾰ́ζῐον khălắzĭon |
χᾰλᾰζῐ́ω khălăzĭ́ō |
χᾰλᾰ́ζῐᾰ khălắzĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- > Byzantine Greek: χαλάζιν (khalázin) (inherited)
- > Greek: χαλάζι (chalázi) (inherited)
- → Late Latin: chalazion
- → English: chalazion
Further reading
- “χαλάζιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαλάζιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette