-ών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • -εών (-eṓn)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). For the meaning, compare Latin -ētum (“plantation, grove”).

Pronunciation
 

Suffix

-ών • (-ṓn) m (genitive -ῶνος); third declension

  1. (applied to noun stems) forms words for places [1]
    1. (of humans) apartment or quarters
    2. (of animals) stable or cote
    3. (of vegetation) plantation or grove
    4. (of objects) storage room

Declension
Third declension of -ών; -ῶνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative -ών
-ṓn		 -ῶνε
-ône		 -ῶνες
-ônes
Genitive -ῶνος
-ônos		 -ώνοιν
-ṓnoin		 -ώνων
-ṓnōn
Dative -ῶνῐ
-ôni		 -ώνοιν
-ṓnoin		 -ῶσῐ / -ῶσῐν
-ôsi(n)
Accusative -ῶνᾰ
-ôna		 -ῶνε
-ône		 -ῶνᾰς
-ônas
Vocative -ών
-ṓn		 -ῶνε
-ône		 -ῶνες
-ônes
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 -ών

References
  1. Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920). A Greek Grammar for Colleges. American Book Company.
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