Κρέων

See also: κρέων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Κρείων (Kreíōn)

Etymology

From κρέων (kréōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kré.ɔːn/ → /ˈkre.on/ → /ˈkre.on/

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

Proper noun

Κρέων • (Kréōn) m (genitive Κρέοντος); third declension

1. a male given name: Creon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κρέων; τοῦ Κρέοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κρέων ho Kréōn
Genitive	τοῦ Κρέοντος toû Kréontos
Dative	τῷ Κρέοντῐ tôi Kréonti
Accusative	τὸν Κρέοντᾰ tòn Kréonta
Vocative	Κρέον Kréon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κρέων (Kréon)
• → Latin: Creōn

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007