-ίων

See also: ιών, ἱών, Ἴων, and ἰών

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ῑ́ων • (-ī́ōn) m, f (genitive -ῑ́ωνος or -ῑ́ονος); third declension

(chiefly Epic) Suffix added to father's name that forms masculine patronymic, meaning "son of"
- Πηλεύς > Πηλεΐων
  Pēleús > Pēleḯōn
  Peleus > son of Peleus

Inflection

Third declension of -ῑ́ων; -ῑ́ωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ῑ́ων -ī́ōn	-ῑ́ωνε -ī́ōne	-ῑ́ωνες -ī́ōnes
Genitive	-ῑ́ωνος -ī́ōnos	-ῑώνοιν -īṓnoin	-ῑώνων -īṓnōn
Dative	-ῑ́ωνῐ -ī́ōni	-ῑώνοιν -īṓnoin	-ῑ́ωσῐ(ν) -ī́ōsi(n)
Accusative	-ῑ́ωνᾰ -ī́ōna	-ῑ́ωνε -ī́ōne	-ῑ́ωνᾰς -ī́ōnas
Vocative	-ῑ́ων -ī́ōn	-ῑ́ωνε -ī́ōne	-ῑ́ωνες -ī́ōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of -ῑ́ων; -ῑ́ονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ῑ́ων -ī́ōn	-ῑ́ονε -ī́one	-ῑ́ονες -ī́ones
Genitive	-ῑ́ονος -ī́onos	-ῑόνοιν -īónoin	-ῑόνων -īónōn
Dative	-ῑ́ονῐ -ī́oni	-ῑόνοιν -īónoin	-ῑ́οσῐ(ν) -ī́osi(n)
Accusative	-ῑ́ονᾰ -ī́ona	-ῑ́ονε -ī́one	-ῑ́ονᾰς -ī́onas
Vocative	-ῖον -îon	-ῑ́ονε -ī́one	-ῑ́ονες -ī́ones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

-ῐ́δης (-ídēs)

Derived terms

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Related terms

-ιώνη (-iṓnē)
-ῑ́νη (-ī́nē)

References

Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 845

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ῑ́ων • (-ī́ōn) m, f (neuter -ῑον); third declension

Suffix added to some adjectival stems to form a comparative adjective: -er
- ἡδύς > ἡδῑ́ων
  hēdús > hēdī́ōn
  sweet > sweeter

Inflection

Third declension of -ῑ́ων; -ῖον (Attic)

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 -ī́ona
Genitive	-ῑ́ονος -ī́onos	-ῑ́ονος -ī́onos	-ῑόνοιν -īónoin	-ῑόνοιν -īónoin	-ῑόνων -īónōn	-ῑόνων -īónōn
Dative	-ῑ́ονῐ -ī́oni	-ῑ́ονῐ -ī́oni	-ῑόνοιν -īónoin	-ῑόνοιν -īónoin	-ῑ́οσῐ(ν) -ī́osi(n)	-ῑ́οσῐ(ν) -ī́osi(n)
Accusative	-ῑ́ονᾰ -ī́ona	-ῖον -îon	-ῑ́ονε -ī́one	-ῑ́ονε -ī́one	-ῑ́ονᾰς -ī́onas	-ῑ́ονᾰ -ī́ona
Vocative	-ῖον -îon	-ῖον -îon	-ῑ́ονε -ī́one	-ῑ́ονε -ī́one	-ῑ́ονες -ī́ones	-ῑ́ονᾰ -ī́ona
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	-ῑόνως -īónōs		-ῑονέστερος -īonésteros		-ῑονέστᾰτος -īonéstatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 318

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