-ιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.on/

Suffix

-ῐον • (-ion) n (genitive -ῐ́ου); second declension

A noun–forming diminutive suffix.

Declension

Second declension of -ῐον; -ῐου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ῐον -ion	-ῐω -iō	-ῐᾰ -ia
Genitive	-ῐου -iou	-ῐοιν -ioin	-ῐων -iōn
Dative	-ῐῳ -iōi	-ῐοιν -ioin	-ῐοις -iois
Accusative	-ῐον -ion	-ῐω -iō	-ῐᾰ -ia
Vocative	-ῐον -ion	-ῐω -iō	-ῐᾰ -ia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

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