Ἀλκμαίων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀλκμᾶν (Alkmân), Ἀλκμᾱ́ων (Alkmā́ōn)
• Ἀλκμέων (Alkméōn)

Etymology

From ἀλκμαῖος (alkmaîos, “young”) +‎ -ων (-ōn, Strabon suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /alk.mǎi̯.ɔːn/ → /alkˈmɛ.on/ → /alkˈme.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /alk.mǎi̯.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /alkˈmɛ.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /alkˈmɛ.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /alkˈme.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /alkˈme.on/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓λκμαίων • (Alkmaíōn) m (genitive Ᾰ̓λκμαίωνος); third declension

1. a male given name, Alcmaeon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓λκμαίων; τοῦ Ᾰ̓λκμαίωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓λκμαίων ho Alkmaíōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓λκμαίωνος toû Alkmaíōnos
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓λκμαίωνῐ tôi Alkmaíōni
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓λκμαίωνᾰ tòn Alkmaíōna
Vocative	Ᾰ̓λκμαίων Alkmaíōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ᾰ̓λκμαιωνῐ́δης (Alkmaiōnídēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Αλκμαίων (Alkmaíon)
• Latin: Alcmaeōn

References

• “Ἀλκμαίων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀλκμαίων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000