Μαίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly related to the Anatolian name Masa, itself related to Μυσία (Musía, “Mysia”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mǎi̯.ɔːn/ → /ˈmɛ.on/ → /ˈme.on/

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

Noun

Μαίων • (Maíōn) m (genitive Μαίονος); third declension

1. an inhabitant of Maeonia or Lydia; one of the Maeones; a Maeonian

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Μαίων; τοῦ Μαίονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Μαίων ho Maíōn	τὼ Μαίονε tṑ Maíone	οἱ Μαίονες hoi Maíones
Genitive	τοῦ Μαίονος toû Maíonos	τοῖν Μαιόνοιν toîn Maiónoin	τῶν Μαιόνων tôn Maiónōn
Dative	τῷ Μαίονῐ tôi Maíoni	τοῖν Μαιόνοιν toîn Maiónoin	τοῖς Μαίοσῐ / Μαίοσῐν toîs Maíosi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Μαίονᾰ tòn Maíona	τὼ Μαίονε tṑ Maíone	τοὺς Μαίονᾰς toùs Maíonas
Vocative	Μαῖον Maîon	Μαίονε Maíone	Μαίονες Maíones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μαιονῐ́ᾱ (Maioníā)

Descendants

• Greek: Μαίων (Maíon)
• Latin: Maeōn

References

• “Μαίων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
• Μαίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: The Near East from the Early Bronze Age to the Fall of the Persian Empire, p. 438