ὀψάριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὄψον (ópson, “delicacy”) +‎ -άριον (-árion, “diminutive suffix”).

Noun

ὀψάριον • (opsárion) n (genitive ὀψάριου); second declension

  1. A little plate of food, in particular fish.
  2. (Koine) A fish.
    • John 6:9:
      Ἔστιν παιδάριον ὧδε ὃς ἔχει πέντε ἄρτους κριθίνους καὶ δύο ὀψάρια· ἀλλὰ ταῦτα τί ἐστιν εἰς τοσούτους;
      There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these among so many?

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ὀψάριον; τοῦ ὀψαρίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ὀψάριον
tò opsárion		 τὼ ὀψαρίω
tṑ opsaríō		 τᾰ̀ ὀψάριᾰ
tà opsária
Genitive τοῦ ὀψαρίου
toû opsaríou		 τοῖν ὀψαρίοιν
toîn opsaríoin		 τῶν ὀψαρίων
tôn opsaríōn
Dative τῷ ὀψαρίῳ
tôi opsaríōi		 τοῖν ὀψαρίοιν
toîn opsaríoin		 τοῖς ὀψαρίοις
toîs opsaríois
Accusative τὸ ὀψάριον
tò opsárion		 τὼ ὀψαρίω
tṑ opsaríō		 τᾰ̀ ὀψάριᾰ
tà opsária
Vocative ὀψάριον
opsárion		 ὀψαρίω
opsaríō		 ὀψάριᾰ
opsária
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: ψάρι (psári)
  • Mariupol Greek: псар (psar)

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Further reading
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