ἴον
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editRelated to Latin viola, both from a common (unknown) Mediterranean substrate.[1] Originally *ϝίον (*wíon).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /í.on/
- (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/
Noun
editῐ̓́ον • (íon) n (genitive ῐ̓́ου); second declension
- violet, namely sweet violet (Viola odorata)
- synonym of κρίνον (krínon, “white lily”)
- any flower
- (Koine) a precious stone of dark colour
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ῐ̓́ον tò íon |
τὼ ῐ̓́ω tṑ íō |
τᾰ̀ ῐ̓́ᾰ tà ía | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ῐ̓́ου toû íou |
τοῖν ῐ̓́οιν toîn íoin |
τῶν ῐ̓́ων tôn íōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ῐ̓́ῳ tôi íōi |
τοῖν ῐ̓́οιν toîn íoin |
τοῖς ῐ̓́οις / ῑ̓ᾰ́σῐ toîs íois / īási | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ῐ̓́ον tò íon |
τὼ ῐ̓́ω tṑ íō |
τᾰ̀ ῐ̓́ᾰ tà ía | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῐ̓́ον íon |
ῐ̓́ω íō |
ῐ̓́ᾰ ía | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ἰάζω (iázō)
- ἴον τὸ λευκόν (íon tò leukón), λευκόϊον (leukóïon, “gilliflower”) Matthiola incana
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἴον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 594
Further reading
edit- “ἴον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἴον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἴον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἴον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from substrate languages
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension
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- grc:Flowers