λεγεών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λεγιών (legiṓn)
• ληγιών (lēgiṓn)

Etymology

From Latin legiō.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.ɡe.ɔ̌ːn/ → /le.ʝeˈon/ → /le.ʝeˈon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.ɡe.ɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le.ɡeˈon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /le.ʝeˈon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /le.ʝeˈon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /le.ʝeˈon/

Noun

λεγεών • (legeṓn) m (genitive λεγεῶνος); third declension

1. legion

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λεγεών; τῆς λεγεῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λεγεών hē legeṓn	τὼ λεγεῶνε tṑ legeône	αἱ λεγεῶνες hai legeônes
Genitive	τῆς λεγεῶνος tês legeônos	τοῖν λεγεώνοιν toîn legeṓnoin	τῶν λεγεώνων tôn legeṓnōn
Dative	τῇ λεγεῶνῐ tēî legeônĭ	τοῖν λεγεώνοιν toîn legeṓnoin	ταῖς λεγεῶσῐ / λεγεῶσῐν taîs legeôsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν λεγεῶνᾰ tḕn legeônă	τὼ λεγεῶνε tṑ legeône	τᾱ̀ς λεγεῶνᾰς tā̀s legeônăs
Vocative	λεγεών legeṓn	λεγεῶνε legeône	λεγεῶνες legeônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: λεγεώνα (legeóna)
• → Aramaic: לגיונא
• → Coptic: ⲗⲉⲅⲉⲱⲛ (legeōn)
• → Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍉𐌽 (laigaiōn)
• → Ossetian: легъион (leǧion)

References

• “λεγεών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λεγεών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “λεγεών” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G3003 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible