ἀλγίων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄλγος (álgos) + -ίων (-íōn).
Pronunciation
In Homer:
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /al.ɡí.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /alˈɡi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /alˈʝi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /alˈʝi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /alˈʝi.on/
In Aeschylus and Sophocles:
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /al.ɡǐː.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /alˈɡi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /alˈʝi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /alˈʝi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /alˈʝi.on/
Adjective
ἀλγίων • (algíōn) m or f (neuter ἄλγῐον or ἄλγῑον); third declension
- (poetic) comparative degree of ἀλγεινός (algeinós)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἀλγίων algíōn |
ἄλγιον álgion |
ἀλγίονε algíone |
ἀλγίονε algíone |
ἀλγίονες / ἀλγίους algíones / algíous |
ἀλγίονᾰ / ἀλγίω algíonă / algíō | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἀλγίονος algíonos |
ἀλγίονος algíonos |
ἀλγιόνοιν algiónoin |
ἀλγιόνοιν algiónoin |
ἀλγιόνων algiónōn |
ἀλγιόνων algiónōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἀλγίονῐ algíonĭ |
ἀλγίονῐ algíonĭ |
ἀλγιόνοιν algiónoin |
ἀλγιόνοιν algiónoin |
ἀλγίοσῐ / ἀλγίοσῐν algíosĭ(n) |
ἀλγίοσῐ / ἀλγίοσῐν algíosĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἀλγίονᾰ / ἀλγίω algíonă / algíō |
ἄλγιον álgion |
ἀλγίονε algíone |
ἀλγίονε algíone |
ἀλγίονᾰς / ἀλγίους algíonăs / algíous |
ἀλγίονᾰ / ἀλγίω algíonă / algíō | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἄλγιον álgion |
ἄλγιον álgion |
ἀλγίονε algíone |
ἀλγίονε algíone |
ἀλγίονες / ἀλγίους algíones / algíous |
ἀλγίονᾰ / ἀλγίω algíonă / algíō | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἄλγιον álgion |
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