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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Θεοτόκος (Theotókos, “God-bearer; Mother of God; Holy Mother of God;”) + -ίον (-íon, “A noun-forming diminutive suffix”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰe.o.to.kí.on/ → /θe.o.toˈci.on/ → /θe.o.toˈci.on/
Proper noun
Θεοτοκίον • (Theotokíon) f (genitive Θεοτοκῐ́ου); second declension (Koine, Byzantine)
- (Christianity) A hymn to Mary, the Theotokos, read or chanted during the Divine Services of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
Inflection