κίων

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ḱiHwon-, whence also Old Armenian սիւն (siwn, column, pillar). No other cognates survive.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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κῑ́ων (kī́ōnm or f (genitive κῑ́ονος); third declension

  1. pillar, column
    • κίων τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, pillar of the sky, Atlas.
  2. a columnar gravestone
  3. the uvula
  4. the division of the nostrils, cartilage of the nose
  5. a type of meteor
  6. a type of wart

Declension

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Further reading

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  • κίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • κίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • κίων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κίων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • κίων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.