Ἰωνία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ἰωνίη (Iōníē) – Ionic
Etymology
From Ἴων (Íōn, “Ionian”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Compare Egyptian ywnj ꜥꜣ (“Great Ionia”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /i.ɔː.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.oˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.oˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.oˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.oˈni.a/
Proper noun
Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ • (Iōníā) f (genitive Ἰωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Ionia
Inflection
First declension of ἡ Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ἰωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ hē Iōníā | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ἰωνῐ́ᾱς tês Iōníās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ἰωνῐ́ᾳ têi Iōníāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ἰωνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Iōníān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ Iōníā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Albanian: Jon
- → English: Ionia
- Greek: Ιωνία (Ionía)
- → Latin: Iōnia
- → Turkish: İyonya
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014