βακτήριον
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Diminutive of βακτηρία (baktēría, “staff, cane”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bak.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bakˈte̝.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βakˈti.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vakˈti.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vakˈti.ri.on/
Noun[edit]
βακτήριον • (baktḗrion) n (genitive βακτηρίου); second declension
- Synonym of βακτηρία (baktēría).
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ βακτήριον tò baktḗrion |
τὼ βακτηρίω tṑ baktēríō |
τᾰ̀ βακτήριᾰ tà baktḗria | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βακτηρίου toû baktēríou |
τοῖν βακτηρίοιν toîn baktēríoin |
τῶν βακτηρίων tôn baktēríōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βακτηρίῳ tôi baktēríōi |
τοῖν βακτηρίοιν toîn baktēríoin |
τοῖς βακτηρίοις toîs baktēríois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ βακτήριον tò baktḗrion |
τὼ βακτηρίω tṑ baktēríō |
τᾰ̀ βακτήριᾰ tà baktḗria | ||||||||||
Vocative | βακτήριον baktḗrion |
βακτηρίω baktēríō |
βακτήριᾰ baktḗria | ||||||||||
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Descendants[edit]
- → Latin: bactērium
References[edit]
- “βακτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press