ἠϊών

See also: Ἠϊών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἀϊών (aïṓn) Doric
  • ἀΐων (aḯōn) Aeolic
  • ᾐών (ēiṓn) Attic

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἠϊών • (ēïṓn) m (genitive ἠϊόνος); third declension

  1. shore, beach, sea-bank
    Synonym: αἰγιαλός (aigialós)

Inflection

Further reading

  • ἠϊών”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἠϊών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ἠϊών in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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