πωγώνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πώγων (pṓgōn, “a beard”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɔː.ɡɔ̌ː.ni.on/ → /poˈɣo.ni.on/ → /poˈɣo.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɔː.ɡɔ̌ː.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈɡo.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈɣo.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈɣo.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈɣo.ni.on/

Noun

πωγώνῐον • (pōgṓnĭon) n (genitive πωγωνῐ́ου); second declension

1. (Koine) diminutive of πώγων (pṓgōn)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πωγώνῐον; τοῦ πωγωνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πωγώνῐον tò pōgṓnĭon	τὼ πωγωνῐ́ω tṑ pōgōnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πωγώνῐᾰ tằ pōgṓnĭă
Genitive	τοῦ πωγωνῐ́ου toû pōgōnĭ́ou	τοῖν πωγωνῐ́οιν toîn pōgōnĭ́oin	τῶν πωγωνῐ́ων tôn pōgōnĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ πωγωνῐ́ῳ tôi pōgōnĭ́ōi	τοῖν πωγωνῐ́οιν toîn pōgōnĭ́oin	τοῖς πωγωνῐ́οις toîs pōgōnĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ πωγώνῐον tò pōgṓnĭon	τὼ πωγωνῐ́ω tṑ pōgōnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πωγώνῐᾰ tằ pōgṓnĭă
Vocative	πωγώνῐον pōgṓnĭon	πωγωνῐ́ω pōgōnĭ́ō	πωγώνῐᾰ pōgṓnĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: πουγούνιν (pougoúnin), πιγούνιν (pigoúnin)
  • Greek: πιγούνι (pigoúni)

Further reading

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