-εῖον
See also: -ειον
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /êː.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.on/
Etymology 1
editFormed through a union of a stem vowel ε and ‑ιον (‑ion), *‑es‑y‑on like ἀγγεῖον (angeîon) usually from stems in ‑εύς (‑eús) (originally *‑ew‑, whence the Ionic diaeresis), or *‑ḗw‑ion like κναφεῖον (knapheîon)[1] and sometimes applied to other stems, subsequently autonomised.
Suffix
edit-εῖον • (-eîon) n (genitive -είου); second declension
- Forms nouns for instruments or means of action from noun-stems.
- Forms nouns of place.
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | -εῖον -eîon |
-είω -eíō |
-εῖᾰ -eîa | ||||||||||
Genitive | -είου -eíou |
-είοιν -eíoin |
-είων -eíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | -είῳ -eíōi |
-είοιν -eíoin |
-είοις -eíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | -εῖον -eîon |
-είω -eíō |
-εῖᾰ -eîa | ||||||||||
Vocative | -εῖον -eîon |
-είω -eíō |
-εῖᾰ -eîa | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Greek: -είο (-eío)
Etymology 2
editInflectional form.
Suffix
edit-εῖον • (-eîon)
- inflection of -εῖος (-eîos):
See also
edit- -ειον (-eion)
References
edit- ^ s.v. -είο - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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