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τελώνιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: τελώνιον τελώνιου

Structure: τελωνι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: telw/nhs

Sense

  1. a custom-house

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τελώνιον τελωνίω τελώνια
Genitive τελωνίου τελωνίοιν τελωνίων
Dative τελωνίῳ τελωνίοιν τελωνίοις
Accusative τελώνιον τελωνίω τελώνια
Vocative τελώνιον τελωνίω τελώνια

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Καὶ παράγων ὁ Ιἠσοῦσ ἐκεῖθεν εἶδεν ἄνθρωπον καθήμενον ἐπὶ τὸ τελώνιον, Μαθθαῖον λεγόμενον, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ Ἀκολούθει μοι· (, chapter 1 323:1)
  • Καὶ παράγων εἶδεν Λευεὶν τὸν τοῦ Ἁλφαίου καθήμενον ἐπὶ τὸ τελώνιον, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ Ἀκολούθει μοι. (, chapter 1 69:1)
  • Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐξῆλθεν καὶ ἐθεάσατο τελώνην ὀνόματι Λευεὶν καθήμενον ἐπὶ τὸ τελώνιον, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἀκολούθει μοι. (, chapter 3 198:1)
  • οἱ γὰρ παροικοῦντεσ ἑκατέρωθεν τὸν ποταμὸν φύλαρχοι, χώραν οὐκ εὔπορον ἔχοντεσ, ἧττον δὲ ἄπορον νεμόμενοι, δυναστείαν ἕκαστοσ ἰδίᾳ περιβεβλημένοσ ἴδιον καὶ τελώνιον ἔχει, καὶ τοῦτ’ οὐ μέτριον. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 1 53:9)
  • ἐνταῦθα δὲ καὶ τὸ τελώνιον τῶν ἄνωθεν καταγομένων καὶ ἀναγομένων· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 1 31:6)

Synonyms

  1. a custom-house

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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