ἰνίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἴς (ís, “muscle of the body”) +‎ -ῐ́ον (-ĭ́on, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἰ̄νῐ́ον • (īnĭ́on) n (genitive ἰ̄νῐ́ου); second declension

  1. (anatomy) occipital bone

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ῑ̓νῐ́ον; τοῦ ῑ̓νῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ῑ̓νῐ́ον
tò īnĭ́on 		τὼ ῑ̓νῐ́ω
tṑ īnĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ῑ̓νῐ́ᾰ
tằ īnĭ́ă
Genitive τοῦ ῑ̓νῐ́ου
toû īnĭ́ou 		τοῖν ῑ̓νῐ́οιν
toîn īnĭ́oin 		τῶν ῑ̓νῐ́ων
tôn īnĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ῑ̓νῐ́ῳ
tōî īnĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ῑ̓νῐ́οιν
toîn īnĭ́oin 		τοῖς ῑ̓νῐ́οις
toîs īnĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ῑ̓νῐ́ον
tò īnĭ́on 		τὼ ῑ̓νῐ́ω
tṑ īnĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ῑ̓νῐ́ᾰ
tằ īnĭ́ă
Vocative ῑ̓νῐ́ον
īnĭ́on 		ῑ̓νῐ́ω
īnĭ́ō 		ῑ̓νῐ́ᾰ
īnĭ́ă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: inion

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