φωνίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φωνή (phōnḗ) +‎ -ῐον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔː.ní.on/ → /ɸoˈni.on/ → /foˈni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɔː.ní.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰoˈni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸoˈni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /foˈni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /foˈni.on/

Noun

φωνῐ́ον • (phōníon) n (genitive φωνῐ́ου); second declension

1. Diminutive of φωνή (phōnḗ)
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On Marvellous Things Heard 803b.24

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ φωνῐ́ον; τοῦ φωνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φωνῐ́ον tò phōníon	τὼ φωνῐ́ω tṑ phōníō	τᾰ̀ φωνῐ́ᾰ tà phōnía
Genitive	τοῦ φωνῐ́ου toû phōníou	τοῖν φωνῐ́οιν toîn phōníoin	τῶν φωνῐ́ων tôn phōníōn
Dative	τῷ φωνῐ́ῳ tôi phōníōi	τοῖν φωνῐ́οιν toîn phōníoin	τοῖς φωνῐ́οις toîs phōníois
Accusative	τὸ φωνῐ́ον tò phōníon	τὼ φωνῐ́ω tṑ phōníō	τᾰ̀ φωνῐ́ᾰ tà phōnía
Vocative	φωνῐ́ον phōníon	φωνῐ́ω phōníō	φωνῐ́ᾰ phōnía
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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