Ἱέρων
See also: ιερών and ἱερῶν
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἱερόν (hierón, “holy place; temple”) + -ων (-ōn), the neuter substantive of ἱερός (hierós, “holy”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hi.é.rɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)iˈe.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈe.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈe.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈe.ron/
Proper noun
Ἱέρων • (Hiérōn) m (genitive Ἱέρωνος); third declension
- a male given name: Hiero
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Ἱέρων; τοῦ Ἱέρωνος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἱέρων ho Hiérōn | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἱέρωνος toû Hiérōnos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἱέρωνῐ tôi Hiérōni | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἱέρωνᾰ tòn Hiérōna | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἱέρων Hiérōn | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ιέρων (Iéron)
- Italian: Gerone
- Latin: Hierō; Hieron
- Sicilian: Jiruni, Giruni
References
- “Ἱέρων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013