ἰνίον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἴς (ís, “muscle of the body”) + -ῐ́ον (-íon, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /i.ní.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /iˈni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈni.on/
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Noun
ἰνῐ́ον • (iníon) n (genitive ἰνῐ́ου); second declension
- (anatomy) The occipital bone
Declension
Second declension of τὸ ἰνῐ́ον; τοῦ ἰνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἰνῐ́ον tò iníon | τὼ ἰνῐ́ω tṑ iníō | τᾰ̀ ἰνῐ́ᾰ tà inía | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἰνῐ́ου toû iníou | τοῖν ἰνῐ́οιν toîn iníoin | τῶν ἰνῐ́ων tôn iníōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἰνῐ́ῳ tôi iníōi | τοῖν ἰνῐ́οιν toîn iníoin | τοῖς ἰνῐ́οις toîs iníois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἰνῐ́ον tò iníon | τὼ ἰνῐ́ω tṑ iníō | τᾰ̀ ἰνῐ́ᾰ tà inía | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἰνῐ́ον iníon | ἰνῐ́ω iníō | ἰνῐ́ᾰ inía | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: inion
References
- ἰνίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἰνίον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press