βοθρίον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βόθρος (bóthros, “trench, pit”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βοθρῐ́ον • (bothríon) n (genitive βοθρῐ́ου); second declension

  1. small trench to set plants in
  2. (medicine) small ulcer
    1. (anatomy) (in plural) small sockets of the teeth

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βοθρῐ́ον; τοῦ βοθρῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βοθρῐ́ον
tò bothríon 		τὼ βοθρῐ́ω
tṑ bothríō 		τᾰ̀ βοθρῐ́ᾰ
tà bothría
Genitive τοῦ βοθρῐ́ου
toû bothríou 		τοῖν βοθρῐ́οιν
toîn bothríoin 		τῶν βοθρῐ́ων
tôn bothríōn
Dative τῷ βοθρῐ́ῳ
tôi bothríōi 		τοῖν βοθρῐ́οιν
toîn bothríoin 		τοῖς βοθρῐ́οις
toîs bothríois
Accusative τὸ βοθρῐ́ον
tò bothríon 		τὼ βοθρῐ́ω
tṑ bothríō 		τᾰ̀ βοθρῐ́ᾰ
tà bothría
Vocative βοθρῐ́ον
bothríon 		βοθρῐ́ω
bothríō 		βοθρῐ́ᾰ
bothría
Notes:

Descendants

  • ⇒ Translingual: Diphyllobothrium

References

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