αἰών

See also Αἰών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From earlier αἰϝών, from Proto-Indo-European Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital force, life, long life, eternity”), whence also Latin aevum.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /a͜ɪ.ɔ͜ɔ́n/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛːóːn/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /eón/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /eón/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /eón/

Noun

αἰών (genitive αἰῶνος) m, third declension; (aiōn)

1. lifetime
2. generation
3. a long period of time, eon, epoch, age
4. the current world

Inflection

Third declension of αἰών, αἰῶνος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ αἰών	τὼ αἰῶνε	οἱ αἰῶνες
Genitive	τοῦ αἰῶνος	τοῖν αἰώνοιν	τῶν αἰώνων
Dative	τῷ αἰῶνῐ	τοῖν αἰώνοιν	τοῖς αἰῶσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὸν αἰῶνᾰ	τὼ αἰῶνε	τοὺς αἰῶνᾰς
Vocative	αἰών	αἰῶνε	αἰῶνες

Synonyms

• καιρός
• χρόνος

Derived terms

• αἰώνιος

Descendants

• English: aeon, eon
• Latin: aeon

• Russian: эон (eón)

References

• Strong’s concordance number: G165