χιόνινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χιών (khiṓn, “snow”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰi.ó.ni.nos/ → /çiˈo.ni.nos/ → /çiˈo.ni.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰi.ó.ni.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰiˈo.ni.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çiˈo.ni.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çiˈo.ni.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çiˈo.ni.nos/

Adjective

χῐόνῐνος • (khióninos) m (feminine χῐονῐ́νη, neuter χῐόνῐνον); first/second declension

1. snow-white

Inflection

First and second declension of χῐόνῐνος; χῐονῐ́νη; χῐόνῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		χῐόνῐνος khióninos	χῐονῐ́νη khionínē	χῐόνῐνον khióninon		χῐονῐ́νω khionínō	χῐονῐ́νᾱ khionínā	χῐονῐ́νω khionínō		χῐόνῐνοι khióninoi	χῐόνῐναι khióninai	χῐόνῐνᾰ khiónina
Genitive		χῐονῐ́νου khionínou	χῐονῐ́νης khionínēs	χῐονῐ́νου khionínou		χῐονῐ́νοιν khionínoin	χῐονῐ́ναιν khionínain	χῐονῐ́νοιν khionínoin		χῐονῐ́νων khionínōn	χῐονῐ́νων khionínōn	χῐονῐ́νων khionínōn
Dative		χῐονῐ́νῳ khionínōi	χῐονῐ́νῃ khionínēi	χῐονῐ́νῳ khionínōi		χῐονῐ́νοιν khionínoin	χῐονῐ́ναιν khionínain	χῐονῐ́νοιν khionínoin		χῐονῐ́νοις khionínois	χῐονῐ́ναις khionínais	χῐονῐ́νοις khionínois
Accusative		χῐόνῐνον khióninon	χῐονῐ́νην khionínēn	χῐόνῐνον khióninon		χῐονῐ́νω khionínō	χῐονῐ́νᾱ khionínā	χῐονῐ́νω khionínō		χῐονῐ́νους khionínous	χῐονῐ́νᾱς khionínās	χῐόνῐνᾰ khiónina
Vocative		χῐόνῐνε khiónine	χῐονῐ́νη khionínē	χῐόνῐνον khióninon		χῐονῐ́νω khionínō	χῐονῐ́νᾱ khionínā	χῐονῐ́νω khionínō		χῐόνῐνοι khióninoi	χῐόνῐναι khióninai	χῐόνῐνᾰ khiónina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		χῐονῐ́νως khionínōs				χῐονῐνώτερος khioninṓteros				χῐονῐνώτᾰτος khioninṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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