κηρίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κηρός (kērós) +‎ -ων (-ōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛː.rí.ɔːn/ → /ciˈri.on/ → /ciˈri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛː.rí.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke̝ˈri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ciˈri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ciˈri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈri.on/

Noun

κηρίων • (kēríōn) m (genitive κηρίωνος); third declension

1. wax candle, wax light, wax taper
   • Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae 2.263:

     ἃς κηρίωνας ὀνομάζουσιν’ πότερον, ὡς Βάρρων ἔλεγεν

     hàs kēríōnas onomázousin’ póteron, hōs Bárrhōn élegen

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κηρίων; τοῦ κηρίωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κηρίων ho kēríōn	τὼ κηρίωνε tṑ kēríōne	οἱ κηρίωνες hoi kēríōnes
Genitive	τοῦ κηρίωνος toû kēríōnos	τοῖν κηριώνοιν toîn kēriṓnoin	τῶν κηριώνων tôn kēriṓnōn
Dative	τῷ κηρίωνῐ tôi kēríōnĭ	τοῖν κηριώνοιν toîn kēriṓnoin	τοῖς κηρίωσῐ / κηρίωσῐν toîs kēríōsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν κηρίωνᾰ tòn kēríōnă	τὼ κηρίωνε tṑ kēríōne	τοὺς κηρίωνᾰς toùs kēríōnăs
Vocative	κηρίων kēríōn	κηρίωνε kēríōne	κηρίωνες kēríōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “κηρίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κηρίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κηρίων, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011