παιωνία

See also: Παιονία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • παιονίη (paioníē) — Epic

Etymology

Substantivized feminine form of Παιώνιος (Paiṓnios, “Paeonian, medicinal, healing”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

παιωνίᾱ • (paiōníā) f (genitive παιωνίᾱς); first declension

  1. peony (Paeonia officinalis, Paeonia mascula)
    Synonyms: γλυκυσίδη (glukusídē), ὀρόβαξ (oróbax)

Declension

First declension of ἡ παιωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς παιωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ παιωνῐ́ᾱ
hē paiōnĭ́ā 		τὼ παιωνῐ́ᾱ
tṑ paiōnĭ́ā 		αἱ παιωνῐ́αι
hai paiōnĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς παιωνῐ́ᾱς
tês paiōnĭ́ās 		τοῖν παιωνῐ́αιν
toîn paiōnĭ́ain 		τῶν παιωνῐῶν
tôn paiōnĭôn
Dative τῇ παιωνῐ́ᾳ
tēî paiōnĭ́āi 		τοῖν παιωνῐ́αιν
toîn paiōnĭ́ain 		ταῖς παιωνῐ́αις
taîs paiōnĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν παιωνῐ́ᾱν
tḕn paiōnĭ́ān 		τὼ παιωνῐ́ᾱ
tṑ paiōnĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς παιωνῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s paiōnĭ́ās
Vocative παιωνῐ́ᾱ
paiōnĭ́ā 		παιωνῐ́ᾱ
paiōnĭ́ā 		παιωνῐ́αι
paiōnĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: παιωνία (paionía)
  • → Arabic: فَاوَانِيَا (fāwāniyā)
  • → Latin: paeonia (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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