Ἐχίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔχῑς (ékhīs, “viper”) +‎ -ίων (-íōn, patronymic suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.kʰǐː.ɔːn/ → /eˈçi.on/ → /eˈçi.on/

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

Proper noun

Ἐχῑ́ων • (Ekhī́ōn) m (genitive Ἐχῑ́ονος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Echion

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἐχῑ́ων; τοῦ Ἐχῑ́ονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἐχῑ́ων ho Ekhī́ōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ἐχῑ́ονος toû Ekhī́onos
Dative	τῷ Ἐχῑ́ονῐ tôi Ekhī́oni
Accusative	τὸν Ἐχῑ́ονᾰ tòn Ekhī́ona
Vocative	Ἐχῖον Ekhîon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Εχίων (Echíon), Εχίονας (Echíonas)
• → Latin: Echīōn

References

• “Ἐχίων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009