αἰώνιος

See also: αιώνιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἰών (aiṓn, “age, eon”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɔ̌ː.ni.os/ → /ɛˈo.ni.os/ → /eˈo.ni.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɔ̌ː.ni.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛˈo.ni.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛˈo.ni.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈo.ni.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈo.ni.os/

Adjective

αἰώνῐος • (aiṓnios) m (feminine αἰωνίᾱ, neuter αἰώνῐον); first/second declension

1. long-lasting
2. lasting for an age
3. lasting for life (of an office or title)
4. perpetual, eternal, everlasting

Inflection

First and second declension of αἰώνιος; αἰωνίᾱ; αἰώνιον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		αἰώνιος aiṓnios	αἰωνίᾱ aiōníā	αἰώνιον aiṓnion		αἰωνίω aiōníō	αἰωνίᾱ aiōníā	αἰωνίω aiōníō		αἰώνιοι aiṓnioi	αἰώνιαι aiṓniai	αἰώνιᾰ aiṓnia
Genitive		αἰωνίου aiōníou	αἰωνίᾱς aiōníās	αἰωνίου aiōníou		αἰωνίοιν aiōníoin	αἰωνίαιν aiōníain	αἰωνίοιν aiōníoin		αἰωνίων aiōníōn	αἰωνίων aiōníōn	αἰωνίων aiōníōn
Dative		αἰωνίῳ aiōníōi	αἰωνίᾳ aiōníāi	αἰωνίῳ aiōníōi		αἰωνίοιν aiōníoin	αἰωνίαιν aiōníain	αἰωνίοιν aiōníoin		αἰωνίοις aiōníois	αἰωνίαις aiōníais	αἰωνίοις aiōníois
Accusative		αἰώνιον aiṓnion	αἰωνίᾱν aiōníān	αἰώνιον aiṓnion		αἰωνίω aiōníō	αἰωνίᾱ aiōníā	αἰωνίω aiōníō		αἰωνίους aiōníous	αἰωνίᾱς aiōníās	αἰώνιᾰ aiṓnia
Vocative		αἰώνιε aiṓnie	αἰωνίᾱ aiōníā	αἰώνιον aiṓnion		αἰωνίω aiōníō	αἰωνίᾱ aiōníā	αἰωνίω aiōníō		αἰώνιοι aiṓnioi	αἰώνιαι aiṓniai	αἰώνιᾰ aiṓnia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		αἰωνίως aiōníōs				αἰωνιότερος aiōnióteros				αἰωνιότᾰτος aiōniótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“αἰώνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• “αἰώνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• αἰώνιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἰώνιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G166 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • continual idem, page 168.
  • deathless idem, page 198.
  • endless idem, page 273.
  • eternal idem, page 284.
  • everlasting idem, page 285.
  • immortal idem, page 418.
  • imperishable idem, page 420.
  • interminable idem, page 451.
  • permanent idem, page 607.
  • perpetual idem, page 607.
  • undying idem, page 916.
  • unending idem, page 916.
  • unfading idem, page 917.