αἰώνιος
See also: αιώνιος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From αἰών (aiṓn, “age, eon”) + -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.ɔ̌ː.ni.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛˈo.ni.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛˈo.ni.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈo.ni.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈo.ni.os/
Adjective
αἰώνῐος • (aiṓnios) m (feminine αἰωνίᾱ, neuter αἰώνῐον); first/second declension
- long-lasting
- lasting for an age
- lasting for life (of an office or title)
- perpetual, eternal, everlasting
Inflection
First and second declension of αἰώνιος; αἰωνίᾱ; αἰώνιον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | αἰώνιος aiṓnios | αἰωνίᾱ aiōníā | αἰώνιον aiṓnion | αἰωνίω aiōníō | αἰωνίᾱ aiōníā | αἰωνίω aiōníō | αἰώνιοι aiṓnioi | αἰώνιαι aiṓniai | αἰώνιᾰ aiṓnia | |||||
Genitive | αἰωνίου aiōníou | αἰωνίᾱς aiōníās | αἰωνίου aiōníou | αἰωνίοιν aiōníoin | αἰωνίαιν aiōníain | αἰωνίοιν aiōníoin | αἰωνίων aiōníōn | αἰωνίων aiōníōn | αἰωνίων aiōníōn | |||||
Dative | αἰωνίῳ aiōníōi | αἰωνίᾳ aiōníāi | αἰωνίῳ aiōníōi | αἰωνίοιν aiōníoin | αἰωνίαιν aiōníain | αἰωνίοιν aiōníoin | αἰωνίοις aiōníois | αἰωνίαις aiōníais | αἰωνίοις aiōníois | |||||
Accusative | αἰώνιον aiṓnion | αἰωνίᾱν aiōníān | αἰώνιον aiṓnion | αἰωνίω aiōníō | αἰωνίᾱ aiōníā | αἰωνίω aiōníō | αἰωνίους aiōníous | αἰωνίᾱς aiōníās | αἰώνιᾰ aiṓnia | |||||
Vocative | αἰώνιε aiṓnie | αἰωνίᾱ aiōníā | αἰώνιον aiṓnion | αἰωνίω aiōníō | αἰωνίᾱ aiōníā | αἰωνίω aiōníō | αἰώνιοι aiṓnioi | αἰώνιαι aiṓniai | αἰώνιᾰ aiṓnia | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
αἰωνίως aiōníōs | αἰωνιότερος aiōnióteros | αἰωνιότᾰτος aiōniótatos | ||||||||||||
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References
“αἰώνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “αἰώνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- αἰώνιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰώνιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- G166 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- continual idem, page 168.
- deathless idem, page 198.
- endless idem, page 273.
- eternal idem, page 284.
- everlasting idem, page 285.
- immortal idem, page 418.
- imperishable idem, page 420.
- interminable idem, page 451.
- permanent idem, page 607.
- perpetual idem, page 607.
- undying idem, page 916.
- unending idem, page 916.
- unfading idem, page 917.