Ὠρίων

See also: Ωρίων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Akkadian 𒌋𒊒𒀭𒈾 (Uru-anna, “heaven's light”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ὠρῑ́ων • (Ōrī́ōn) m (genitive Ὠρῑ́ωνος); third declension

  1. Orion
  2. (astronomy) the constellation Orion
  3. a fabulous Indian bird

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ὠρῑ́ων; τοῦ Ὠρῑ́ωνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ὠρῑ́ων
ho Ōrī́ōn
Genitive τοῦ Ὠρῑ́ωνος
toû Ōrī́ōnos
Dative τῷ Ὠρῑ́ωνῐ
tōî Ōrī́ōnĭ
Accusative τὸν Ὠρῑ́ωνᾰ
tòn Ōrī́ōnă
Vocative Ὠρῑ́ων
Ōrī́ōn
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • Ὠᾰρῑώνειος (Ōărīṓneios)

Descendants

  • Greek: Ωρίων (Oríon)
  • Latin: Ōrīōn
    • → Middle English: Orioun (learned)
    • → Portuguese: Orion (learned)
    • → Sicilian: Uriuni

References

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