ὤν

See also: -ων and -ῶν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἐών (eṓn) – Ionic, Epic

Etymology

Proto-Indo-European *h₁s-ónt-, present participle of *h₁es- (“to be”). Exactly cognate with Latin sōns (“guilty”), Sanskrit सत् (sat, “being, essence, reality”), Albanian gjë (“thing”), English sooth (“true, a fact”).

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/

Participle

ὤν • (ṓn)

present participle of εἰμί (eimí)
actual, real

Inflection

First and third declension of ὤν, οὖσα, ὄν

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ὤν	οὖσᾰ	ὄν	ὄντε	οὔσᾱ	ὄντε	ὄντες	οὖσαι	ὄντᾰ
Genitive	ὄντος	οὔσης	ὄντος	ὄντοιν	οὔσαιν	ὄντοιν	ὄντων	οὐσῶν	ὄντων
Dative	ὄντι	οὔσῃ	ὄντι	ὄντοιν	οὔσαιν	ὄντοιν	οὖσι(ν)	οὔσαις	οὖσι(ν)
Accusative	ὄντα	οὖσᾰν	ὄν	ὄντε	οὔσᾱ	ὄντε	ὄντας	οὔσας	ὄντᾰ
Vocative	ὤν	οὖσᾰ	ὄν	ὄντε	οὔσᾱ	ὄντε	ὄντες	οὖσαι	ὄντᾰ

Derived terms

ὄν (ón)
ὄντως (óntōs, adverb)

References

ὤν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
G5607 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 305: table of declined forms

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