ἄωτον

Ancient Greek edit

Alternative forms edit

ἄωτος (áōtos)

Etymology edit

Considered to be a verbal noun to ἄημι (áēmi, “to blow”), so "blowing". However, there is no semantical support for this connection; the etymology was merely suggested by the formal appearance. Rather, the word is a technical term, as remarked by DELG. It remains without etymology.

Pronunciation edit

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ɔː.ton/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.o.ton/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.o.ton/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.o.ton/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.o.ton/

Noun edit

ἄωτον • (áōton) n (genitive ἀώτου); second declension

finest wool
the choicest, the flower of its kind
flock, down
that which gives honour and glory to a thing

Inflection edit

Second declension of τὸ ἄωτον; τοῦ ἀώτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄωτον tò áōton	τὼ ἀώτω tṑ aṓtō	τᾰ̀ ἄωτᾰ tà áōta
Genitive	τοῦ ἀώτου toû aṓtou	τοῖν ἀώτοιν toîn aṓtoin	τῶν ἀώτων tôn aṓtōn
Dative	τῷ ἀώτῳ tôi aṓtōi	τοῖν ἀώτοιν toîn aṓtoin	τοῖς ἀώτοις toîs aṓtois
Accusative	τὸ ἄωτον tò áōton	τὼ ἀώτω tṑ aṓtō	τᾰ̀ ἄωτᾰ tà áōta
Vocative	ἄωτον áōton	ἀώτω aṓtō	ἄωτᾰ áōta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.