ὤν

See also: -ων, -ῶν, and -ών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ehonts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, present participle of *h₁es- (to be). Cognate with Latin sōns (guilty), Sanskrit सत् (sát, being, essence, reality), Albanian gjë (thing), English sooth (true, a fact).

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Participle

ὤν • (ṓn)

  1. present active participle of εἰμί (eimí, to be)
  2. actual, real

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