κερκίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Α suffix -ίων (-íōn) is found in other animal names, like ἀκανθίων (akanthíōn, “hedgehog”) and πορφυρίων (porphuríōn, “swamphen”). Frisk derives it from κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”), because this bird wags its tail.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ker.kí.ɔːn/ → /cerˈci.on/ → /cerˈci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ker.kí.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kerˈki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cerˈci.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cerˈci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /cerˈci.on/

Noun

κερκῐ́ων • (kerkíōn) m (genitive κερκῐ́ονος); third declension

1. common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κερκῐ́ων; τοῦ κερκῐ́ονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κερκῐ́ων ho kerkíōn	τὼ κερκῐ́ονε tṑ kerkíone	οἱ κερκῐ́ονες hoi kerkíones
Genitive	τοῦ κερκῐ́ονος toû kerkíonos	τοῖν κερκῐόνοιν toîn kerkiónoin	τῶν κερκῐόνων tôn kerkiónōn
Dative	τῷ κερκῐ́ονῐ tôi kerkíoni	τοῖν κερκῐόνοιν toîn kerkiónoin	τοῖς κερκῐ́οσῐ / κερκῐ́οσῐν toîs kerkíosi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κερκῐ́ονᾰ tòn kerkíona	τὼ κερκῐ́ονε tṑ kerkíone	τοὺς κερκῐ́ονᾰς toùs kerkíonas
Vocative	κερκῐ́ον kerkíon	κερκῐ́ονε kerkíone	κερκῐ́ονες kerkíones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κερκίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κερκίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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