Παίων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Folk etymology / Greek mythology derived the name from Paeon of Elis, the son of Endymion.[1] The Paionians' real origins are murkier and their language is poorly attested, with theories including Thracian, Illyrian, or native Greek.[2] More at Paeonia.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pǎi̯.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpe.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpe.on/
Noun
Παίων • (Paíōn) m (genitive Παίονος); third declension
- a Paionian
- an inhabitant of Paionia
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Παίων; τοῦ Παίονος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Παίων ho Paíōn | τὼ Παίονε tṑ Paíone | οἱ Παίονες hoi Paíones | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Παίονος toû Paíonos | τοῖν Παιόνοιν toîn Paiónoin | τῶν Παιόνων tôn Paiónōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Παίονῐ tôi Paíoni | τοῖν Παιόνοιν toîn Paiónoin | τοῖς Παίοσῐ / Παίοσῐν toîs Paíosi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Παίονᾰ tòn Paíona | τὼ Παίονε tṑ Paíone | τοὺς Παίονᾰς toùs Paíonas | ||||||||||
Vocative | Παῖον Paîon | Παίονε Paíone | Παίονες Paíones | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Παιονῐ́ᾱ (Paioníā)
- Παιονῐκός (Paionikós)
- Παιονῐ́ς (Paionís)
Descendants
- Greek: Παίων (Paíon)
- Latin: Paeōn
References
- “Παίων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019
- Παίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Indices. Maps. (1913). United Kingdom: Macmillan and Company, limited, p. 115
- Susan Wise Bauer (2007). The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome, p. 518