Ἰωνία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ἴων (Íōn, “Ionian”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Compare Egyptian ywnj-ꜥꜣ (“Great Ionia”)



Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ • (Iōnĭ́ā) f (genitive Ἰωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Ionia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ἰωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ
hē Iōnĭ́ā
Genitive τῆς Ἰωνῐ́ᾱς
tês Iōnĭ́ās
Dative τῇ Ἰωνῐ́ᾳ
tēî Iōnĭ́āi
Accusative τὴν Ἰωνῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Iōnĭ́ān
Vocative Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ
Iōnĭ́ā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Albanian: Jon
  • → English: Ionia
  • Greek: Ιωνία (Ionía)
  • → Latin: Iōnia
  • → Portuguese: Jônia
  • → Turkish: İyonya

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014
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