μελάνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλαν (mélan, “ink”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.lá.ni.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mɛˈla.ni.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈla.ni.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈla.ni.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈla.ni.on/

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Noun

μελάνιον • (melánion) n (genitive μελανίου); second declension

ink

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μελάνιον; τοῦ μελανίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μελάνιον tò melánion	τὼ μελανίω tṑ melaníō	τᾰ̀ μελάνιᾰ tà melánia
Genitive	τοῦ μελανίου toû melaníou	τοῖν μελανίοιν toîn melaníoin	τῶν μελανίων tôn melaníōn
Dative	τῷ μελανίῳ tôi melaníōi	τοῖν μελανίοιν toîn melaníoin	τοῖς μελανίοις toîs melaníois
Accusative	τὸ μελάνιον tò melánion	τὼ μελανίω tṑ melaníō	τᾰ̀ μελάνιᾰ tà melánia
Vocative	μελάνιον melánion	μελανίω melaníō	μελάνιᾰ melánia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: μελάνι (meláni)