κιβώτιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῑβωτός (kībōtós, “wooden chest”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κῑβώτῐον • (kībṓtion) n (genitive κῑβωτῐ́ου); second declension

  1. box for drawing lots
    Synonym: σενδούκη (sendoúkē)
  2. voting urn

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ κῑβώτῐον; τοῦ κῑβωτῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κῑβώτῐον
tò kībṓtion		 τὼ κῑβωτῐ́ω
tṑ kībōtíō		 τᾰ̀ κῑβώτῐᾰ
tà kībṓtia
Genitive τοῦ κῑβωτῐ́ου
toû kībōtíou		 τοῖν κῑβωτῐ́οιν
toîn kībōtíoin		 τῶν κῑβωτῐ́ων
tôn kībōtíōn
Dative τῷ κῑβωτῐ́ῳ
tôi kībōtíōi		 τοῖν κῑβωτῐ́οιν
toîn kībōtíoin		 τοῖς κῑβωτῐ́οις
toîs kībōtíois
Accusative τὸ κῑβώτῐον
tò kībṓtion		 τὼ κῑβωτῐ́ω
tṑ kībōtíō		 τᾰ̀ κῑβώτῐᾰ
tà kībṓtia
Vocative κῑβώτῐον
kībṓtion		 κῑβωτῐ́ω
kībōtíō		 κῑβώτῐᾰ
kībṓtia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: κιβώτιο (kivótio)
  • → Latin: cibōtium

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