-ώνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• -ιώνη (-iṓnē)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̌ː.nɛː/ → /ˈo.ni/ → /ˈo.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ni/

Suffix

-ώνη • (-ṓnē) f (genitive -ώνης); first declension (poetic, rare)

1. Added to the names of people to form a feminine patronym: daughter of

   ‎Ζεύς [Δι-] (Zeús [Di-], “Zeus”) + ‎-ώνη (-ṓnē) → ‎Διώνη (Diṓnē, “Dione”, literally “daughter of Zeus”)

   ‎Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + ‎-ιώνη (-iṓnē) → ‎Καδμειώνη (Kadmeiṓnē, “daughter of Cadmus (Semele)”)

Declension

First declension of -ώνη; -ώνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ώνη -ṓnē	-ώνᾱ -ṓnā	-ῶναι -ônai
Genitive	-ώνης -ṓnēs	-ώναιν -ṓnain	-ωνῶν -ōnôn
Dative	-ώνῃ -ṓnēi	-ώναιν -ṓnain	-ώναις -ṓnais
Accusative	-ώνην -ṓnēn	-ώνᾱ -ṓnā	-ώνᾱς -ṓnās
Vocative	-ώνη -ṓnē	-ώνᾱ -ṓnā	-ῶναι -ônai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ώνη

Related terms

• -ῑ́ων (-ī́ōn, masculine patronymic suffix)

Synonyms

• -ῑ́νη (-ī́nē)

References

• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 845.6