φωνίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φωνή (phōnḗ) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔː.ní.on/ → /ɸoˈni.on/ → /foˈni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɔː.ní.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰoˈni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸoˈni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /foˈni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /foˈni.on/

Noun

φωνῐ́ον • (phōnĭ́on) n (genitive φωνῐ́ου); second declension

1. diminutive of φωνή (phōnḗ)
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On Marvellous Things Heard 803b.24

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ φωνῐ́ον; τοῦ φωνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φωνῐ́ον tò phōnĭ́on	τὼ φωνῐ́ω tṑ phōnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ φωνῐ́ᾰ tằ phōnĭ́ă
Genitive	τοῦ φωνῐ́ου toû phōnĭ́ou	τοῖν φωνῐ́οιν toîn phōnĭ́oin	τῶν φωνῐ́ων tôn phōnĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ φωνῐ́ῳ tôi phōnĭ́ōi	τοῖν φωνῐ́οιν toîn phōnĭ́oin	τοῖς φωνῐ́οις toîs phōnĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ φωνῐ́ον tò phōnĭ́on	τὼ φωνῐ́ω tṑ phōnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ φωνῐ́ᾰ tằ phōnĭ́ă
Vocative	φωνῐ́ον phōnĭ́on	φωνῐ́ω phōnĭ́ō	φωνῐ́ᾰ phōnĭ́ă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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