-ών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• -εών (-eṓn)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). For the meaning, compare Latin -ētum (“plantation, grove”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̌ːn/ → /on/ → /on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /on/

Suffix

-ών • (-ṓn) m (genitive -ῶνος); third declension

1. (applied to noun stems) forms words for places
   1. (of humans) apartment or quarters
   2. (of animals) stable or cote
   3. (of vegetation) plantation or grove
   4. (of objects) storage room

Declension

Third declension of -ών; -ῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ών -ṓn	-ῶνε -ône	-ῶνες -ônes
Genitive	-ῶνος -ônos	-ώνοιν -ṓnoin	-ώνων -ṓnōn
Dative	-ῶνῐ -ôni	-ώνοιν -ṓnoin	-ῶσῐ / -ῶσῐν -ôsi(n)
Accusative	-ῶνᾰ -ôna	-ῶνε -ône	-ῶνᾰς -ônas
Vocative	-ών -ṓn	-ῶνε -ône	-ῶνες -ônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ών