ἐκτρόπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκτρέπω (ektrépō, “to turn inside out”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) +‎ τρέπω (trépō, “to turn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.tró.pi.on/ → /ekˈtro.pi.on/ → /ekˈtro.pi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.tró.pi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ekˈtro.pi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ekˈtro.pi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ekˈtro.pi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ekˈtro.pi.on/

Noun

ἐκτρόπῐον • (ektrópion) n (genitive ἐκτροπῐ́ου); second declension

1. an everted eyelid
   • 25 BC—50 AD, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina 7.7
   • 625 CE – 690 CE, Paul of Aegina, Medical Compendium in Seven Books 3.22

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐκτρόπῐον; τοῦ ἐκτροπῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐκτρόπῐον tò ektrópion	τὼ ἐκτροπῐ́ω tṑ ektropíō	τᾰ̀ ἐκτρόπῐᾰ tà ektrópia
Genitive	τοῦ ἐκτροπῐ́ου toû ektropíou	τοῖν ἐκτροπῐ́οιν toîn ektropíoin	τῶν ἐκτροπῐ́ων tôn ektropíōn
Dative	τῷ ἐκτροπῐ́ῳ tôi ektropíōi	τοῖν ἐκτροπῐ́οιν toîn ektropíoin	τοῖς ἐκτροπῐ́οις toîs ektropíois
Accusative	τὸ ἐκτρόπῐον tò ektrópion	τὼ ἐκτροπῐ́ω tṑ ektropíō	τᾰ̀ ἐκτρόπῐᾰ tà ektrópia
Vocative	ἐκτρόπῐον ektrópion	ἐκτροπῐ́ω ektropíō	ἐκτρόπῐᾰ ektrópia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐκτρόπιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐκτρόπιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐκτρόπιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)