-ώνη

Ancient Greek

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Suffix

-ώνη • (-ṓnēf (genitive -ώνης); first declension (poetic, rare)

  1. Added to the names of people to form a feminine patronym: daughter of
    Ζεύς [Δι-] (Zeús [Di-], Zeus) + ‎-ώνη (-ṓnē) → ‎Διώνη (Diṓnē, Dione, literally daughter of Zeus)
    Κάδμος (Kádmos, Cadmus) + ‎-ιώνη (-iṓnē) → ‎Καδμειώνη (Kadmeiṓnē, daughter of Cadmus (Semele))

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Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ώνη
  • -ῑ́ων (-ī́ōn, masculine patronymic suffix)

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