ὁρίζων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Substantive noun from ὁρίζων κύκλος (horízōn kúklos, literally “separating circle”), from the present active participle of ὁρίζω (horízō, “I mark out a boundary”) and κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, sphere”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ho.ríz.dɔːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)oˈri.zon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈri.zon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈri.zon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈri.zon/

Noun

ὁρῐ́ζων • (horĭ́zōn) m (genitive ὁρῐ́ζοντος); third declension

horizon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ὁρῐ́ζων; τοῦ ὁρῐ́ζοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὁρῐ́ζων ho horĭ́zōn	τὼ ὁρῐ́ζοντε tṑ horĭ́zonte	οἱ ὁρῐ́ζοντες hoi horĭ́zontes
Genitive	τοῦ ὁρῐ́ζοντος toû horĭ́zontos	τοῖν ὁρῐζόντοιν toîn horĭzóntoin	τῶν ὁρῐζόντων tôn horĭzóntōn
Dative	τῷ ὁρῐ́ζοντῐ tōî horĭ́zontĭ	τοῖν ὁρῐζόντοιν toîn horĭzóntoin	τοῖς ὁρῐ́ζουσῐ / ὁρῐ́ζουσῐν toîs horĭ́zousĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ὁρῐ́ζοντᾰ tòn horĭ́zontă	τὼ ὁρῐ́ζοντε tṑ horĭ́zonte	τοὺς ὁρῐ́ζοντᾰς toùs horĭ́zontăs
Vocative	ὁρῐ́ζον horĭ́zon	ὁρῐ́ζοντε horĭ́zonte	ὁρῐ́ζοντες horĭ́zontes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: horizōn (see there for further descendants)
→ Russian: горизо́нт m (gorizónt)
→ Sanskrit: हरिज n (harija)