-ών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

-εών (-eṓn)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). For the meaning, compare Latin -ētum (“plantation, grove”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔ̌ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /on/

Suffix

-ών • (-ṓn) m (genitive -ῶνος); third declension

(applied to noun stems) forms words for places ^[1]
1. (of humans) apartment or quarters
2. (of animals) stable or cote
3. (of vegetation) plantation or grove
4. (of objects) storage room

Declension

Third declension of -ών; -ῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ών -ṓn	-ῶνε -ône	-ῶνες -ônes
Genitive	-ῶνος -ônos	-ώνοιν -ṓnoin	-ώνων -ṓnōn
Dative	-ῶνῐ -ônĭ	-ώνοιν -ṓnoin	-ῶσῐ / -ῶσῐν -ôsĭ(n)
Accusative	-ῶνᾰ -ônă	-ῶνε -ône	-ῶνᾰς -ônăs
Vocative	-ών -ṓn	-ῶνε -ône	-ῶνες -ônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ών

References

^ Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920). A Greek Grammar for Colleges. American Book Company.

[Smyth_Greek_Grammar-1] Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920). A Greek Grammar for Colleges. American Book Company.

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