ἴον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Related to Latin viola. Originally *ϝίον (*wíon).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /í.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.on/
Noun
ῐ̓́ον • (íon) m (genitive ῐ̓́ου); second declension
- violet, namely sweet violet (Viola odorata)
- synonym of κρίνον (krínon, “white lily”)
- any flower
- (Koine) a precious stone of dark colour
Declension
Second declension of τὸ ῐ̓́ον; τοῦ ῐ̓́ου (Heterocliton with plural dative: ῑ̓ᾰ́σῐ, Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ῐ̓́ον tò íon | τὼ ῐ̓́ω tṑ íō | τᾰ̀ ῐ̓́ᾰ tà ía | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ῐ̓́ου toû íou | τοῖν ῐ̓́οιν toîn íoin | τῶν ῐ̓́ων tôn íōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ῐ̓́ῳ tôi íōi | τοῖν ῐ̓́οιν toîn íoin | τοῖς ῐ̓́οις / ῑ̓ᾰ́σῐ toîs íois / īási | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ῐ̓́ον tò íon | τὼ ῐ̓́ω tṑ íō | τᾰ̀ ῐ̓́ᾰ tà ía | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῐ̓́ον íon | ῐ̓́ω íō | ῐ̓́ᾰ ía | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἴον τὸ λευκόν (íon tò leukón), λευκόϊον (leukóïon, “gilliflower”) Matthiola incana
Further reading
- ἴον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἴον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἴον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἴον in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter