πίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πιμελή (pimelḗ, “soft lard”), Latin pīnguis (“fat, plump”) and Proto-Germanic *faitaz (“fat”).

Pronunciation
 

Adjective

πῑ́ων • (pī́ōn) m (feminine πῑ́ειρᾰ, neuter πῖον); first/third declension

  1. fat, rich
  2. wealthy
  3. abounding, fertile

Declension
Third declension of πῑ́ων; πῖον (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative πῑ́ων
pī́ōn		 πῖον
pîon		 πῑ́ονε
pī́one		 πῑ́ονε
pī́one		 πῑ́ονες
pī́ones		 πῑ́ονᾰ
pī́ona
Genitive πῑ́ονος
pī́onos		 πῑ́ονος
pī́onos		 πῑόνοιν
pīónoin		 πῑόνοιν
pīónoin		 πῑόνων
pīónōn		 πῑόνων
pīónōn
Dative πῑ́ονῐ
pī́oni		 πῑ́ονῐ
pī́oni		 πῑόνοιν
pīónoin		 πῑόνοιν
pīónoin		 πῑ́οσῐ / πῑ́οσῐν
pī́osi(n)		 πῑ́οσῐ / πῑ́οσῐν
pī́osi(n)
Accusative πῑ́ονᾰ
pī́ona		 πῖον
pîon		 πῑ́ονε
pī́one		 πῑ́ονε
pī́one		 πῑ́ονᾰς
pī́onas		 πῑ́ονᾰ
pī́ona
Vocative πῖον
pîon		 πῖον
pîon		 πῑ́ονε
pī́one		 πῑ́ονε
pī́one		 πῑ́ονες
pī́ones		 πῑ́ονᾰ
pī́ona
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
πῑόνως
pīónōs		 πῑονέστερος
pīonésteros		 πῑονέστᾰτος
pīonéstatos
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading
  • πίων in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • πίων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • πίων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • πίων in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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