-ίων
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǐː.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.on/
Etymology 1
Perhaps taken from Anatolian.
Suffix
-ῑ́ων • (-ī́ōn) m or f (genitive -ῑ́ωνος or -ῑ́ονος); third declension
- (chiefly Epic) Suffix added to father's name that forms masculine patronymic, meaning "son of"
Inflection
Third declension of -ῑ́ων; — (Attic)
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | -ῑ́ων -ī́ōn |
— | -ῑ́ωνε -ī́ōne |
— | -ῑ́ωνες -ī́ōnes |
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| Genitive | -ῑ́ωνος -ī́ōnos |
— | -ῑώνοιν -īṓnoin |
— | -ῑώνων -īṓnōn |
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| Dative | -ῑ́ωνῐ -ī́ōnĭ |
— | -ῑώνοιν -īṓnoin |
— | -ῑ́ωσῐ / -ῑ́ωσῐν -ī́ōsĭ(n) |
— | ||||||||
| Accusative | -ῑ́ωνᾰ -ī́ōnă |
— | -ῑ́ωνε -ī́ōne |
— | -ῑ́ωνᾰς -ī́ōnăs |
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| Vocative | -ῑ́ων -ī́ōn |
— | -ῑ́ωνε -ī́ōne |
— | -ῑ́ωνες -ī́ōnes |
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| Notes: |
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Third declension of -ῑ́ων; — (Attic)
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | -ῑ́ων -ī́ōn |
— | -ῑ́ονε -ī́one |
— | -ῑ́ονες -ī́ones |
— | ||||||||
| Genitive | -ῑ́ονος -ī́onos |
— | -ῑόνοιν -īónoin |
— | -ῑόνων -īónōn |
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| Dative | -ῑ́ονῐ -ī́onĭ |
— | -ῑόνοιν -īónoin |
— | -ῑ́οσῐ / -ῑ́οσῐν -ī́osĭ(n) |
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| Accusative | -ῑ́ονᾰ -ī́onă |
— | -ῑ́ονε -ī́one |
— | -ῑ́ονᾰς -ī́onăs |
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| Vocative | -ῖον -îon |
— | -ῑ́ονε -ī́one |
— | -ῑ́ονες -ī́ones |
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| Notes: |
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Third declension of -ῑ́ων; — (Epic)
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | -ῑ́ων -ī́ōn |
— | -ῑ́ωνε -ī́ōne |
— | -ῑ́ωνες -ī́ōnes |
— | ||||||||
| Genitive | -ῑ́ωνος -ī́ōnos |
— | -ῑώνοιν / -ῑώνοιῐν -īṓnoi(ĭ)n |
— | -ῑώνων -īṓnōn |
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| Dative | -ῑ́ωνῐ -ī́ōnĭ |
— | -ῑώνοιν / -ῑώνοιῐν -īṓnoi(ĭ)n |
— | -ῑ́ωσῐ / -ῑ́ωσῐν / -ῑώνεσσῐ / -ῑώνεσσῐν / -ῑώνεσῐ / -ῑώνεσῐν -ī́ōsĭ(n) / -īṓnessĭ(n) / -īṓnesĭ(n) |
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| Accusative | -ῑ́ωνᾰ -ī́ōnă |
— | -ῑ́ωνε -ī́ōne |
— | -ῑ́ωνᾰς -ī́ōnăs |
— | ||||||||
| Vocative | -ῑ́ων -ī́ōn |
— | -ῑ́ωνε -ī́ōne |
— | -ῑ́ωνες -ī́ōnes |
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| Notes: |
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Third declension of -ῑ́ων; — (Epic)
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | -ῑ́ων -ī́ōn |
— | -ῑ́ονε -ī́one |
— | -ῑ́ονες -ī́ones |
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| Genitive | -ῑ́ονος -ī́onos |
— | -ῑόνοιν / -ῑόνοιῐν -īónoi(ĭ)n |
— | -ῑόνων -īónōn |
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| Dative | -ῑ́ονῐ -ī́onĭ |
— | -ῑόνοιν / -ῑόνοιῐν -īónoi(ĭ)n |
— | -ῑ́οσῐ / -ῑ́οσῐν / -ῑόνεσσῐ / -ῑόνεσσῐν / -ῑόνεσῐ / -ῑόνεσῐν -ī́osĭ(n) / -īónessĭ(n) / -īónesĭ(n) |
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| Accusative | -ῑ́ονᾰ -ī́onă |
— | -ῑ́ονε -ī́one |
— | -ῑ́ονᾰς -ī́onăs |
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| Vocative | -ῖον -îon |
— | -ῑ́ονε -ī́one |
— | -ῑ́ονες -ī́ones |
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| Notes: |
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Synonyms
- -ῐ́δης (-ĭ́dēs)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 845
Etymology 2
From Proto-Hellenic *-ihō, from Proto-Indo-European *-isō, from *-yōs (whence -ων (-ōn)).
Suffix
-ῑ́ων • (-ī́ōn) m or f (neuter -ῑον); third declension
- Suffix added to some adjectival stems to form a comparative adjective: -er
- ἡδύς (hēdús, “sweet”) + -ίων (-íōn) → ἡδῑ́ων (hēdī́ōn, “sweeter”)
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | -ῑ́ων -ī́ōn |
-ῖον -îon |
-ῑ́ονε -ī́one |
-ῑ́ονε -ī́one |
-ῑ́ονες -ī́ones |
-ῑ́ονᾰ -ī́onă | ||||||||
| Genitive | -ῑ́ονος -ī́onos |
-ῑ́ονος -ī́onos |
-ῑόνοιν -īónoin |
-ῑόνοιν -īónoin |
-ῑόνων -īónōn |
-ῑόνων -īónōn | ||||||||
| Dative | -ῑ́ονῐ -ī́onĭ |
-ῑ́ονῐ -ī́onĭ |
-ῑόνοιν -īónoin |
-ῑόνοιν -īónoin |
-ῑ́οσῐ / -ῑ́οσῐν -ī́osĭ(n) |
-ῑ́οσῐ / -ῑ́οσῐν -ī́osĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | -ῑ́ονᾰ -ī́onă |
-ῖον -îon |
-ῑ́ονε -ī́one |
-ῑ́ονε -ī́one |
-ῑ́ονᾰς -ī́onăs |
-ῑ́ονᾰ -ī́onă | ||||||||
| Vocative | -ῖον -îon |
-ῖον -îon |
-ῑ́ονε -ī́one |
-ῑ́ονε -ī́one |
-ῑ́ονες -ī́ones |
-ῑ́ονᾰ -ī́onă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| -ῑόνως -īónōs |
-ῑονέστερος -īonésteros |
-ῑονέστᾰτος -īonéstătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 318