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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κόνταξ (kóntax, “rod, stick”, referring to the pole around which the scroll was wound) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon.tá.ki.on/ → /konˈta.ci.on/ → /konˈda.ci.on/
Noun
κοντᾰ́κῐον • (kontákion) n (genitive κοντᾰκῐ́ου); second declension
- (Byzantine) Kontakion, a type of Byzantine hymn
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Further reading
- “κοντάκιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κοντάκιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κοντάκιον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- κοντάκιον - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.)] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)