ὄντα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐόντα (eónta) — Epic

Etymology

Neuter plural of the present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “to be”), thus literally ‘things that are; existing things’.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ón.ta/ → /ˈon.ta/ → /ˈon.da/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ón.ta/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈon.ta/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈon.ta/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈon.ta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈon.da/

Noun

ὄντα • (ónta) n pl (genitive ὄντων); second declension

1. things which actually exist, opposed to past and future
2. reality, truth, actual objects
3. that which one has, property, fortune

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ ὄντᾰ; τῶν ὄντων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ ὄντᾰ tà ónta
Genitive	τῶν ὄντων tôn óntōn
Dative	τοῖς ὄντοις toîs óntois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ ὄντᾰ tà ónta
Vocative	ὄντᾰ ónta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀντοποιέω (ontopoiéō)
• ὀντότης (ontótēs)

 

Participle

ὄντα • (ónta)

1. inflection of ὤν (ṓn):
   1. accusative singular masculine
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural neuter

Further reading

• “ὄντα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὄντα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette