-ιον
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- -ῐ́ον (-ĭ́on)
Etymology
[edit]Perhaps neuter substantivisation of -ῐος (-ĭos, “adjective suffix”), from Proto-Indo-European *-yós.
For the development from adjective to diminutive, compare Sanskrit -क (-ka) and Proto-Slavic *-ъka. From the development from adjective to place, compare Latin -ārium. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /i.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.on/
Suffix
[edit]-ῐον • (-ĭon) n (genitive -ῐ́ου); second declension
- termination of neuter substantivations of adjectives in -ῐος (-ĭos, “belonging to”, also forms parasynthetic compounds)
- forms diminutive nouns
- forms toponyms (names for places)
Declension
[edit]| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -ῐον -ĭon |
-ῐω -ĭō |
-ῐᾰ -ĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | -ῐου -ĭou |
-ῐοιν -ĭoin |
-ῐων -ĭōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | -ῐῳ -ĭōi |
-ῐοιν -ĭoin |
-ῐοις -ĭois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | -ῐον -ĭon |
-ῐω -ĭō |
-ῐᾰ -ĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | -ῐον -ĭon |
-ῐω -ĭō |
-ῐᾰ -ĭă | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- -εῖον (-eîon)
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek suffixes
- Ancient Greek unaccented terms
- Ancient Greek noun-forming suffixes
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension
- Ancient Greek neuter suffixes
- Ancient Greek diminutive suffixes