Δῖον
See also: δῖον
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editOf Ancient Macedonian origin, a name meaning "dedicated to Zeus," from Ζεύς (Zeús).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dîː.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈði.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈði.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.on/
Proper noun
editΔῖον • (Dîon) n (genitive Δίου); second declension
Inflection
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- Δῖον 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
- Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 7.
- ^ Stone, T. (2008). Zeus: A Journey Through Greece in the Footsteps of a God. New York: Bloomsbury USA, p. 223
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from Ancient Macedonian
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek proper nouns
- Ancient Greek properispomenon terms
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- Ancient Greek second-declension proper nouns
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