ἄωτον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄωτος (áōtos)

Etymology

Considered to be a verbal noun to ἄημι (áēmi, “to blow”), so "blowing". However, there is no semantical support for this connection; the etymology was merely suggested by the formal appearance. Rather, the word is a technical term, as remarked by DELG. It remains without etymology.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ɔː.ton/ → /ˈa.o.ton/ → /ˈa.o.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ɔː.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.o.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.o.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.o.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.o.ton/

Noun

ἄωτον • (áōton) n (genitive ἀώτου); second declension

1. finest wool
2. the choicest, the flower of its kind
3. flock, down
4. that which gives honour and glory to a thing

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἄωτον; τοῦ ἀώτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄωτον tò áōton	τὼ ἀώτω tṑ aṓtō	τᾰ̀ ἄωτᾰ tà áōta
Genitive	τοῦ ἀώτου toû aṓtou	τοῖν ἀώτοιν toîn aṓtoin	τῶν ἀώτων tôn aṓtōn
Dative	τῷ ἀώτῳ tôi aṓtōi	τοῖν ἀώτοιν toîn aṓtoin	τοῖς ἀώτοις toîs aṓtois
Accusative	τὸ ἄωτον tò áōton	τὼ ἀώτω tṑ aṓtō	τᾰ̀ ἄωτᾰ tà áōta
Vocative	ἄωτον áōton	ἀώτω aṓtō	ἄωτᾰ áōta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄωτον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄωτον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄωτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄωτον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄωτος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄωτον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN