χιών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʰiṓn, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm. Cognate with χεῖμα (kheîma, “snow”) and χειμών (kheimṓn, “winter”), Latin hiems, Welsh gaeaf, Sanskrit हिम (himá), Hittite 𒄀𒈠𒀭 (giman), Armenian ձմեռ (jmeṙ), Proto-Slavic *zima, Albanian dimër.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χῐών • (khĭṓn) f (genitive χῐόνος); third declension

  1. snow
  2. melted snow, ice water

Usage notes

Sometimes with long ῑ (ī) for the sake of meter.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ χῐών; τῆς χῐόνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ χῐών
hē khĭṓn 		τὼ χῐόνε
tṑ khĭóne 		αἱ χῐόνες
hai khĭónes
Genitive τῆς χῐόνος
tês khĭónos 		τοῖν χῐόνοιν
toîn khĭónoin 		τῶν χῐόνων
tôn khĭónōn
Dative τῇ χῐόνῐ
tēî khĭónĭ 		τοῖν χῐόνοιν
toîn khĭónoin 		ταῖς χῐόσῐ / χῐόσῐν
taîs khĭósĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν χῐόνᾰ
tḕn khĭónă 		τὼ χῐόνε
tṑ khĭóne 		τᾱ̀ς χῐόνᾰς
tā̀s khĭónăs
Vocative χῐών
khĭṓn 		χῐόνε
khĭóne 		χῐόνες
khĭónes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Coptic: ⲭⲓⲱⲛ (khiōn)
  • ⇒ Koine Greek: χιόνιον (khiónion)
  • → New Latin: Chionanthus

Further reading

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