κειμήλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεῖμαι (keîmai, “to lay; to be laid up, to be stored”)

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κειμήλῐον • (keimḗlion) n (genitive κειμηλῐ́ου); second declension

  1. Something stored or saved up, particularly:
    1. An heirloom, a family's property
    2. Something precious, a treasure
    3. (Christianity) A holy relic, a sacred relic

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ κειμήλῐον; τοῦ κειμηλῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κειμήλῐον
tò keimḗlion		 τὼ κειμηλῐ́ω
tṑ keimēlíō		 τᾰ̀ κειμήλῐᾰ
tà keimḗlia
Genitive τοῦ κειμηλῐ́ου
toû keimēlíou		 τοῖν κειμηλῐ́οιν
toîn keimēlíoin		 τῶν κειμηλῐ́ων
tôn keimēlíōn
Dative τῷ κειμηλῐ́ῳ
tôi keimēlíōi		 τοῖν κειμηλῐ́οιν
toîn keimēlíoin		 τοῖς κειμηλῐ́οις
toîs keimēlíois
Accusative τὸ κειμήλῐον
tò keimḗlion		 τὼ κειμηλῐ́ω
tṑ keimēlíō		 τᾰ̀ κειμήλῐᾰ
tà keimḗlia
Vocative κειμήλῐον
keimḗlion		 κειμηλῐ́ω
keimēlíō		 κειμήλῐᾰ
keimḗlia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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