ἠϊών

See also: Ἠϊών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀϊών (aïṓn) — Doric
• ἀΐων (aḯōn) — Aeolic
• ᾐών (ēiṓn) — Attic

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.i.ɔ̌ːn/ → /i.iˈon/ → /i.iˈon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.i.ɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝.iˈon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.iˈon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.iˈon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.iˈon/

Noun

ἠϊών • (ēïṓn) f (genitive ἠϊόνος); third declension

1. shore, beach, sea-bank

   Synonym: αἰγιαλός (aigialós)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἠϊών; τοῦ ἠϊόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἠϊών ho ēïṓn	τὼ ἠϊόνε tṑ ēïóne	οἱ ἠϊόνες hoi ēïónes
Genitive	τοῦ ἠϊόνος toû ēïónos	τοῖν ἠϊόνοιν toîn ēïónoin	τῶν ἠϊόνων tôn ēïónōn
Dative	τῷ ἠϊόνῐ tôi ēïónĭ	τοῖν ἠϊόνοιν toîn ēïónoin	τοῖς ἠϊόσῐ / ἠϊόσῐν toîs ēïósĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἠϊόνᾰ tòn ēïónă	τὼ ἠϊόνε tṑ ēïóne	τοὺς ἠϊόνᾰς toùs ēïónăs
Vocative	ἠϊών ēïṓn	ἠϊόνε ēïóne	ἠϊόνες ēïónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἠϊών”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἠϊών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἠϊών in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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