-ων

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See also: ὤν and -ῶν

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

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Suffix

-ων (-ōn)

  1. Genitive plural of second- and third-declension nouns and adjectives not accented on the ultima
  2. Masculine and neuter genitive plural of first- and second-declension not accented on the ultima

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *-onts.

Suffix

-ων (-ōn)

  1. Masculine singular of present, future, and second aorist active participles
Inflection

See also

Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *-yōs with contamination (see there).

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ων (-ōnm or f (neuter -ον); third declension

  1. Added to adjective stems to form comparative forms
Inflection