Διώνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived by syncope from early Ancient Greek Διϝωνη (Diwōnē), from Proto-Indo-European *DiwHóneh₂ (“one under authority of Zeus or heaven”), from *dyew- + *-Hō. Compare Old Latin Dīvāna, Latin Diāna, from a shared root whence may have also developed Latin Iūnō, Iūnōnis.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.ɔ̌ː.nɛː/ → /ðiˈo.ni/ → /ðiˈo.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.ɔ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈo.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈo.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈo.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈo.ni/

Proper noun

Δῐώνη • (Diṓnē) f (genitive Δῐώνης); first declension

1. Dione

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Δῐώνη; τῆς Δῐώνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Δῐώνη hē Diṓnē
Genitive	τῆς Δῐώνης tês Diṓnēs
Dative	τῇ Δῐώνῃ têi Diṓnēi
Accusative	τὴν Δῐώνην tḕn Diṓnēn
Vocative	Δῐώνη Diṓnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Διώνη (Dióni)
• → Latin: Diōnē

Further reading

• “Διώνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Διώνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Διώνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Διώνη”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008
• Clackson, James, Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings from the International Conference, 2002
• http://opsopaus.com/OM/BA/Plethon/Dione.html