-ῶν

See also: ὤν and -ων

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ῶν • (-ôn)

  1. Genitive plural of first-declension nouns
  2. Feminine genitive plural of first- and second-declension adjectives
  3. Feminine genitive plural of first- and third-declension adjectives

Etymology 2

See -ων (-ōn).

Suffix

-ῶν • (-ôn)

  1. Masculine and neuter genitive plural of second-declension nouns accented on the ultima
  2. Masculine and neuter genitive plural of first- and second-declension adjectives accented on the ultima

Etymology 3

Contracted from έ- (é-) or ό- (ó-) + -ων (-ōn, “participial suffix”).

Suffix

-ῶν • (-ôn)

  1. Masculine singular present active infinitive of contracted verbs in -όω (-óō)
  2. Masculine singular future active infinitive of verbs with Attic contracted futures in -έω (-éō)
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