Δίων

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dí.ɔːn/ → /ˈði.on/ → /ˈði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dí.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.on/

Proper noun

Δῐ́ων • (Díōn) m (genitive Δῐ́ωνος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Dion
2. Dion of Syracuse

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Δῐ́ων; τοῦ Δῐ́ωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δῐ́ων ho Díōn
Genitive	τοῦ Δῐ́ωνος toû Díōnos
Dative	τῷ Δῐ́ωνῐ tôi Díōni
Accusative	τὸν Δῐ́ωνᾰ tòn Díōna
Vocative	Δῐ́ων Díōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Δίων (Díon), Δίωνας (Díonas)
• → Latin: Diō, Diōn

References

• Δίων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008