κηρίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κηρός (kērós) +‎ -ων (-ōn).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κηρίων • (kēríōn) m (genitive κηρίωνος); third declension

  1. wax candle, wax light, wax taper[1]
    • Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae 2.263:
      ἃς κηρίωνας ὀνομάζουσιν’ πότερον, ὡς Βάρρων ἔλεγεν
      hàs kēríōnas onomázousin’ póteron, hōs Bárrhōn élegen
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κηρίων; τοῦ κηρίωνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κηρίων
ho kēríōn 		τὼ κηρίωνε
tṑ kēríōne 		οἱ κηρίωνες
hoi kēríōnes
Genitive τοῦ κηρίωνος
toû kēríōnos 		τοῖν κηριώνοιν
toîn kēriṓnoin 		τῶν κηριώνων
tôn kēriṓnōn
Dative τῷ κηρίωνῐ
tōî kēríōnĭ 		τοῖν κηριώνοιν
toîn kēriṓnoin 		τοῖς κηρίωσῐ / κηρίωσῐν
toîs kēríōsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν κηρίωνᾰ
tòn kēríōnă 		τὼ κηρίωνε
tṑ kēríōne 		τοὺς κηρίωνᾰς
toùs kēríōnăs
Vocative κηρίων
kēríōn 		κηρίωνε
kēríōne 		κηρίωνες
kēríōnes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

  1. ^ Lamp, Geoffrey William Hugo. (1961). A Patristic Greek Lexicon. Clarendon Press. p. 751.
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