Κρονίων

Κρονίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Κρόνος (Krónos, “Cronus”) +‎ -ίων (-íōn, “son of”, patronymic suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kro.nǐː.ɔːn/ → /kroˈni.on/ → /kroˈni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kro.nǐː.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kroˈni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kroˈni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kroˈni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kroˈni.on/

Proper noun

Κρονίων • (Kroníōn) m (genitive Κρονῑ́ονος); third declension

1. (patronymic, poetic epithet of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades) Son of Cronus

Usage notes

Vowel length in oblique cases varies as convenient for meter: either long ῑ or short ῐ, and either ω or ο.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κρονῑ́ων; τοῦ Κρονῑ́ονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Κρονῑ́ων ho Kronī́ōn	τὼ Κρονῑ́ονε tṑ Kronī́one	οἱ Κρονῑ́ονες hoi Kronī́ones
Genitive	τοῦ Κρονῑ́ονος toû Kronī́onos	τοῖν Κρονῑόνοιν toîn Kronīónoin	τῶν Κρονῑόνων tôn Kronīónōn
Dative	τῷ Κρονῑ́ονῐ tôi Kronī́oni	τοῖν Κρονῑόνοιν toîn Kronīónoin	τοῖς Κρονῑ́οσῐ / Κρονῑ́οσῐν toîs Kronī́osi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Κρονῑ́ονᾰ tòn Kronī́ona	τὼ Κρονῑ́ονε tṑ Kronī́one	τοὺς Κρονῑ́ονᾰς toùs Kronī́onas
Vocative	Κρονῖον Kronîon	Κρονῑ́ονε Kronī́one	Κρονῑ́ονες Kronī́ones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• Κρονίδης (Kronídēs)

Further reading

• Κρονίων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Κρονίων in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Κρονίων in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Κρονίων in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter