ἐρείπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From ἐρείπω (ereípō, “to throw down”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    ἐρείπῐον • (ereípĭon) n (genitive ἐρειπῐ́ου); second declension

    1. ruin, wreck

    Usage notes

    Nearly always in plural.

    Inflection

    Second declension of τὸ ἐρείπῐον; τοῦ ἐρειπῐ́ου (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative τὸ ἐρείπῐον
    tò ereípĭon     		τὼ ἐρειπῐ́ω
    tṑ ereipĭ́ō     		τᾰ̀ ἐρείπῐᾰ
    tằ ereípĭă
    Genitive τοῦ ἐρειπῐ́ου
    toû ereipĭ́ou     		τοῖν ἐρειπῐ́οιν
    toîn ereipĭ́oin     		τῶν ἐρειπῐ́ων
    tôn ereipĭ́ōn
    Dative τῷ ἐρειπῐ́ῳ
    tōî ereipĭ́ōi     		τοῖν ἐρειπῐ́οιν
    toîn ereipĭ́oin     		τοῖς ἐρειπῐ́οις
    toîs ereipĭ́ois
    Accusative τὸ ἐρείπῐον
    tò ereípĭon     		τὼ ἐρειπῐ́ω
    tṑ ereipĭ́ō     		τᾰ̀ ἐρείπῐᾰ
    tằ ereípĭă
    Vocative ἐρείπῐον
    ereípĭon     		ἐρειπῐ́ω
    ereipĭ́ō     		ἐρείπῐᾰ
    ereípĭă
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Descendants

    • Greek: ερείπιο (ereípio)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἐρείπιον (> DER > ἐρείπια)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453

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