ἴχνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἴχνος (íkhnos) +‎ -ιον (-ion)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /í.kʰni.on/ → /ˈi.xni.on/ → /ˈi.xni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /í.kʰni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.kʰni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.xni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.xni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.xni.on/

Noun

ἴχνῐον • (íkhnion) n (genitive ἰχνίου); second declension

1. footstep, footprint

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἴχνῐον; τοῦ ἰχνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἴχνῐον tò íkhnion	τὼ ἰχνῐ́ω tṑ ikhníō	τᾰ̀ ἴχνῐᾰ tà íkhnia
Genitive	τοῦ ἰχνῐ́ου toû ikhníou	τοῖν ἰχνῐ́οιν toîn ikhníoin	τῶν ἰχνῐ́ων tôn ikhníōn
Dative	τῷ ἰχνῐ́ῳ tôi ikhníōi	τοῖν ἰχνῐ́οιν toîn ikhníoin	τοῖς ἰχνῐ́οις toîs ikhníois
Accusative	τὸ ἴχνῐον tò íkhnion	τὼ ἰχνῐ́ω tṑ ikhníō	τᾰ̀ ἴχνῐᾰ tà íkhnia
Vocative	ἴχνῐον íkhnion	ἰχνῐ́ω ikhníō	ἴχνῐᾰ íkhnia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἴχνιον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἴχνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἴχνιον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἴχνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press