υἱωνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From υἱός (huiós, “son”), with the same formation of οἰωνός (oiōnós, “bird of prey”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hyː.ɔː.nós/ → /y.oˈnos/ → /i.oˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hyː.ɔː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.oˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.oˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.oˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.oˈnos/

Noun

υἱωνός • (huiōnós) m (genitive υἱωνοῦ); second declension

1. grandson

Declension

Second declension of ὁ υἱωνός; τοῦ υἱωνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ υἱωνός ho huiōnós	τὼ υἱωνώ tṑ huiōnṓ	οἱ υἱωνοί hoi huiōnoí
Genitive	τοῦ υἱωνοῦ toû huiōnoû	τοῖν υἱωνοῖν toîn huiōnoîn	τῶν υἱωνῶν tôn huiōnôn
Dative	τῷ υἱωνῷ tôi huiōnôi	τοῖν υἱωνοῖν toîn huiōnoîn	τοῖς υἱωνοῖς toîs huiōnoîs
Accusative	τὸν υἱωνόν tòn huiōnón	τὼ υἱωνώ tṑ huiōnṓ	τοὺς υἱωνούς toùs huiōnoús
Vocative	υἱωνέ huiōné	υἱωνώ huiōnṓ	υἱωνοί huiōnoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• υἱωνή (huiōnḗ)

Further reading

• “υἱωνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “υἱωνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “υἱωνός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• υἱωνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• υἱωνός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963