πίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πιμελή (pimelḗ, “soft lard”), Latin pīnguis (“fat, plump”) and Proto-Germanic *faitaz (“fat”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pǐː.ɔːn/ → /ˈpi.on/ → /ˈpi.on/

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

Adjective

πῑ́ων • (pī́ōn) m (feminine πῑ́ειρᾰ, neuter πῖον); first/third declension

1. fat, rich
2. wealthy
3. abounding, fertile

Declension

Third declension of πῑ́ων; πῖον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πῑ́ων pī́ōn	πῖον pîon		πῑ́ονε pī́one	πῑ́ονε pī́one		πῑ́ονες pī́ones	πῑ́ονᾰ pī́ona
Genitive		πῑ́ονος pī́onos	πῑ́ονος pī́onos		πῑόνοιν pīónoin	πῑόνοιν pīónoin		πῑόνων pīónōn	πῑόνων pīónōn
Dative		πῑ́ονῐ pī́oni	πῑ́ονῐ pī́oni		πῑόνοιν pīónoin	πῑόνοιν pīónoin		πῑ́οσῐ / πῑ́οσῐν pī́osi(n)	πῑ́οσῐ / πῑ́οσῐν pī́osi(n)
Accusative		πῑ́ονᾰ pī́ona	πῖον pîon		πῑ́ονε pī́one	πῑ́ονε pī́one		πῑ́ονᾰς pī́onas	πῑ́ονᾰ pī́ona
Vocative		πῖον pîon	πῖον pîon		πῑ́ονε pī́one	πῑ́ονε pī́one		πῑ́ονες pī́ones	πῑ́ονᾰ pī́ona
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πῑόνως pīónōs			πῑονέστερος pīonésteros			πῑονέστᾰτος pīonéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πῑαίνω (pīaínō)

Further reading

• “πίων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πίων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πίων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter