ἰρών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The meaning of the word, found in a Cypriot inscription, is uncertain. Perhaps a misreading of οἰρών (oirṓn, “furrow of a plough”).

Noun

ἰρών • (irṓn) m (genitive ἰρῶνος); third declension

1. (Arcadocypriot) region

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἰρών; τοῦ ἰρῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἰρών ho irṓn	τὼ ἰρῶνε tṑ irône	οἱ ἰρῶνες hoi irônes
Genitive	τοῦ ἰρῶνος toû irônos	τοῖν ἰρώνοιν toîn irṓnoin	τῶν ἰρώνων tôn irṓnōn
Dative	τῷ ἰρῶνῐ tôi irôni	τοῖν ἰρώνοιν toîn irṓnoin	τοῖς ἰρῶσῐ / ἰρῶσῐν toîs irôsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἰρῶνᾰ tòn irôna	τὼ ἰρῶνε tṑ irône	τοὺς ἰρῶνᾰς toùs irônas
Vocative	ἰρών irṓn	ἰρῶνε irône	ἰρῶνες irônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἰρών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press