πρίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρίω (príō, “to saw, cut”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πρῑ́ων • (prī́ōn) m (genitive πρῑ́ονος); third declension

  1. saw
  2. trephine, trepan
  3. ridge of hills
  4. a kind of marine animal, possibly the dolphin

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πρῑ́ων; τοῦ πρῑ́ονος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πρῑ́ων
ho prī́ōn 		τὼ πρῑ́ονε
tṑ prī́one 		οἱ πρῑ́ονες
hoi prī́ones
Genitive τοῦ πρῑ́ονος
toû prī́onos 		τοῖν πρῑόνοιν
toîn prīónoin 		τῶν πρῑόνων
tôn prīónōn
Dative τῷ πρῑ́ονῐ
tōî prī́onĭ 		τοῖν πρῑόνοιν
toîn prīónoin 		τοῖς πρῑ́οσῐ / πρῑ́οσῐν
toîs prī́osĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν πρῑ́ονᾰ
tòn prī́onă 		τὼ πρῑ́ονε
tṑ prī́one 		τοὺς πρῑ́ονᾰς
toùs prī́onăs
Vocative πρῖον
prîon 		πρῑ́ονε
prī́one 		πρῑ́ονες
prī́ones
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • πρῑόνῐον (prīónĭon)
  • πρῑονῖτῐς (prīonîtĭs)
  • πρῑονώδης (prīonṓdēs)
  • πρῑονωτός (prīonōtós)

Descendants

  • Greek: πριόνι (prióni)
  • → Translingual: (through genitive) Prionus

Descendants

  • → Classical Syriac: ܡܣܪܐ (massārā) (semantic loan)
  • → Old Armenian: սղոց (słocʻ) (semantic loan)

References

  1. ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎[1], Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, page 93

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