Παίων

See also: παιών and Παιών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Folk etymology / Greek mythology derived the name from Paeon of Elis, the son of Endymion.^[1] The Paionians' real origins are murkier and their language is poorly attested, with theories including Thracian, Illyrian, or native Greek.^[2] More at Paeonia.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pǎi̯.ɔːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.on/

Noun

Παίων • (Paíōn) m (genitive Παίονος); third declension

a Paionian
an inhabitant of Paionia

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Παίων; τοῦ Παίονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Παίων ho Paíōn	τὼ Παίονε tṑ Paíone	οἱ Παίονες hoi Paíones
Genitive	τοῦ Παίονος toû Paíonos	τοῖν Παιόνοιν toîn Paiónoin	τῶν Παιόνων tôn Paiónōn
Dative	τῷ Παίονῐ tōî Paíonĭ	τοῖν Παιόνοιν toîn Paiónoin	τοῖς Παίοσῐ / Παίοσῐν toîs Paíosĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν Παίονᾰ tòn Paíonă	τὼ Παίονε tṑ Paíone	τοὺς Παίονᾰς toùs Paíonăs
Vocative	Παῖον Paîon	Παίονε Paíone	Παίονες Paíones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Παιονῐ́ᾱ (Paionĭ́ā)
Παιονῐκός (Paionĭkós)
Παιονῐ́ς (Paionĭ́s)

Descendants

Greek: Παίων (Paíon)
Latin: Paeōn

References

^ Indices. Maps. (1913). United Kingdom: Macmillan and Company, limited, p. 115
^ Susan Wise Bauer (2007). The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome, p. 518