Παίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Folk etymology / Greek mythology derived the name from Paeon of Elis, the son of Endymion. The Paionians' real origins are murkier and their language is poorly attested, with theories including Thracian, Illyrian, or native Greek. More at Paeonia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pǎi̯.ɔːn/ → /ˈpɛ.on/ → /ˈpe.on/

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

Noun

Παίων • (Paíōn) m (genitive Παίονος); third declension

1. a Paionian
2. an inhabitant of Paionia

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Παίων; τοῦ Παίονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Παίων ho Paíōn	τὼ Παίονε tṑ Paíone	οἱ Παίονες hoi Paíones
Genitive	τοῦ Παίονος toû Paíonos	τοῖν Παιόνοιν toîn Paiónoin	τῶν Παιόνων tôn Paiónōn
Dative	τῷ Παίονῐ tôi Paíoni	τοῖν Παιόνοιν toîn Paiónoin	τοῖς Παίοσῐ / Παίοσῐν toîs Paíosi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Παίονᾰ tòn Paíona	τὼ Παίονε tṑ Paíone	τοὺς Παίονᾰς toùs Paíonas
Vocative	Παῖον Paîon	Παίονε Paíone	Παίονες Paíones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Παιονῐ́ᾱ (Paioníā)
• Παιονῐκός (Paionikós)
• Παιονῐ́ς (Paionís)

Descendants

• Greek: Παίων (Paíon)
• Latin: Paeōn

References

• “Παίων”, 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 1,019
• Παίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette