πωγώνιον

πωγώνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πώγων (pṓgōn, “a beard”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɔː.ɡɔ̌ː.ni.on/ → /poˈɣo.ni.on/ → /poˈɣo.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɔː.ɡɔ̌ː.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈɡo.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈɣo.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈɣo.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈɣo.ni.on/

Noun

πωγώνῐον • (pōgṓnion) n (genitive πωγωνῐ́ου); second declension

1. diminutive of πώγων (pṓgōn)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πωγώνῐον; τοῦ πωγωνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πωγώνῐον tò pōgṓnion	τὼ πωγωνῐ́ω tṑ pōgōníō	τᾰ̀ πωγώνῐᾰ tà pōgṓnia
Genitive	τοῦ πωγωνῐ́ου toû pōgōníou	τοῖν πωγωνῐ́οιν toîn pōgōníoin	τῶν πωγωνῐ́ων tôn pōgōníōn
Dative	τῷ πωγωνῐ́ῳ tôi pōgōníōi	τοῖν πωγωνῐ́οιν toîn pōgōníoin	τοῖς πωγωνῐ́οις toîs pōgōníois
Accusative	τὸ πωγώνῐον tò pōgṓnion	τὼ πωγωνῐ́ω tṑ pōgōníō	τᾰ̀ πωγώνῐᾰ tà pōgṓnia
Vocative	πωγώνῐον pōgṓnion	πωγωνῐ́ω pōgōníō	πωγώνῐᾰ pōgṓnia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: πιγούνι (pigoúni)

Further reading

• πωγώνιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πωγώνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette