χερνίβιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χέρνῐβον (khérnĭbon, “washbasin”) + -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰer.ní.bi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰerˈni.bi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /çerˈni.βi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çerˈni.vi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çerˈni.vi.on/
Noun
χερνῐ́βῐον • (khernĭ́bĭon) n (genitive χερνῐβῐ́ου); second declension
- diminutive of χέρνῐβον (khérnĭbon)
- chamber pot
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ χερνῐ́βῐον tò khernĭ́bĭon |
τὼ χερνῐβῐ́ω tṑ khernĭbĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ χερνῐ́βῐᾰ tằ khernĭ́bĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χερνῐβῐ́ου toû khernĭbĭ́ou |
τοῖν χερνῐβῐ́οιν toîn khernĭbĭ́oin |
τῶν χερνῐβῐ́ων tôn khernĭbĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χερνῐβῐ́ῳ tōî khernĭbĭ́ōi |
τοῖν χερνῐβῐ́οιν toîn khernĭbĭ́oin |
τοῖς χερνῐβῐ́οις toîs khernĭbĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ χερνῐ́βῐον tò khernĭ́bĭon |
τὼ χερνῐβῐ́ω tṑ khernĭbĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ χερνῐ́βῐᾰ tằ khernĭ́bĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χερνῐ́βῐον khernĭ́bĭon |
χερνῐβῐ́ω khernĭbĭ́ō |
χερνῐ́βῐᾰ khernĭ́bĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- χερνίβιον, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “χερνίβιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χερνίβιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- χερνίβιον in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn