-ίων
See also: ιών, ἱών, Ἴων, and ἰών
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǐː.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.on/
Etymology 1
Perhaps taken from Anatolian.
Suffix
-ῑ́ων • (-ī́ōn) m or f (genitive -ῑ́ωνος or -ῑ́ονος); third declension
- (chiefly Epic) Suffix added to father's name that forms masculine patronymic, meaning "son of"
- Πηλεύς > Πηλεΐων
- Pēleús > Pēleḯōn
- Peleus > son of Peleus
Inflection
Third declension of -ῑ́ων; -ῑ́ωνος (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -ῑ́ων -ī́ōn | -ῑ́ωνε -ī́ōne | -ῑ́ωνες -ī́ōnes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | -ῑ́ωνος -ī́ōnos | -ῑώνοιν -īṓnoin | -ῑώνων -īṓnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | -ῑ́ωνῐ -ī́ōni | -ῑώνοιν -īṓnoin | -ῑ́ωσῐ / -ῑ́ωσῐν -ī́ōsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | -ῑ́ωνᾰ -ī́ōna | -ῑ́ωνε -ī́ōne | -ῑ́ωνᾰς -ī́ōnas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | -ῑ́ων -ī́ōn | -ῑ́ωνε -ī́ōne | -ῑ́ωνες -ī́ōnes | ||||||||||
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Third declension of -ῑ́ων; -ῑ́ονος (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -ῑ́ων -ī́ōn | -ῑ́ονε -ī́one | -ῑ́ονες -ī́ones | ||||||||||
| Genitive | -ῑ́ονος -ī́onos | -ῑόνοιν -īónoin | -ῑόνων -īónōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | -ῑ́ονῐ -ī́oni | -ῑόνοιν -īónoin | -ῑ́οσῐ / -ῑ́οσῐν -ī́osi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | -ῑ́ονᾰ -ī́ona | -ῑ́ονε -ī́one | -ῑ́ονᾰς -ī́onas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | -ῖον -îon | -ῑ́ονε -ī́one | -ῑ́ονες -ī́ones | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- -ῐ́δης (-ídēs)
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Ancient_Greek_words_suffixed_with_-%CE%AF%CF%89%CE%BD' title='Category:Ancient Greek words suffixed with -ίων'>Ancient Greek words suffixed with -ίων</a>
Related terms
- -ιώνη (-iṓnē)
- -ῑ́νη (-ī́nē)
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 845
Etymology 2
From Proto-Hellenic *-yos, from Proto-Indo-European *-yos.
Suffix
-ῑ́ων • (-ī́ōn) m or f (neuter -ῑον); third declension
- Suffix added to some adjectival stems to form a comparative adjective: -er
- ἡδύς > ἡδῑ́ων
- hēdús > hēdī́ōn
- sweet > sweeter
Inflection
Third declension of -ῑ́ων; -ῖον (Attic)
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | -ῑ́ων -ī́ōn | -ῖον -îon | -ῑ́ονε -ī́one | -ῑ́ονε -ī́one | -ῑ́ονες -ī́ones | -ῑ́ονᾰ -ī́ona | ||||||||
| Genitive | -ῑ́ονος -ī́onos | -ῑ́ονος -ī́onos | -ῑόνοιν -īónoin | -ῑόνοιν -īónoin | -ῑόνων -īónōn | -ῑόνων -īónōn | ||||||||
| Dative | -ῑ́ονῐ -ī́oni | -ῑ́ονῐ -ī́oni | -ῑόνοιν -īónoin | -ῑόνοιν -īónoin | -ῑ́οσῐ / -ῑ́οσῐν -ī́osi(n) | -ῑ́οσῐ / -ῑ́οσῐν -ī́osi(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | -ῑ́ονᾰ -ī́ona | -ῖον -îon | -ῑ́ονε -ī́one | -ῑ́ονε -ī́one | -ῑ́ονᾰς -ī́onas | -ῑ́ονᾰ -ī́ona | ||||||||
| Vocative | -ῖον -îon | -ῖον -îon | -ῑ́ονε -ī́one | -ῑ́ονε -ī́one | -ῑ́ονες -ī́ones | -ῑ́ονᾰ -ī́ona | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| -ῑόνως -īónōs | -ῑονέστερος -īonésteros | -ῑονέστᾰτος -īonéstatos | ||||||||||||
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References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 318