Διομέδων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ζεύς (Zeús, “Zeus”) +‎ μέδων (médōn, “ruler, lord”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.o.mé.dɔːn/ → /ði.oˈme.ðon/ → /ði.oˈme.ðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.o.mé.dɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.oˈme.don/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.oˈme.ðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.oˈme.ðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.oˈme.ðon/

Proper noun

Δῐομέδων • (Diomédōn) m (genitive Δῐομέδοντος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Diomedon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Δῐομέδων; τοῦ Δῐομέδοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δῐομέδων ho Diomédōn
Genitive	τοῦ Δῐομέδοντος toû Diomédontos
Dative	τῷ Δῐομέδοντῐ tôi Diomédonti
Accusative	τὸν Δῐομέδοντᾰ tòn Diomédonta
Vocative	Δῐομέδον Diomédon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Διομέδων (Diomédon); Διομέδοντας (Diomédontas)
• → Latin: Diomedōn

References

• Διομέδων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008