ἰνίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἴς (ís, “muscle of the body”) +‎ -ῐ́ον (-íon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowel ἰ by adding a macron after it if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
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Noun

ἰνῐ́ον • (iníon) n (genitive ἰνῐ́ου); second declension

(anatomy) The occipital bone

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἰνῐ́ον; τοῦ ἰνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἰνῐ́ον tò iníon	τὼ ἰνῐ́ω tṑ iníō	τᾰ̀ ἰνῐ́ᾰ tà inía
Genitive	τοῦ ἰνῐ́ου toû iníou	τοῖν ἰνῐ́οιν toîn iníoin	τῶν ἰνῐ́ων tôn iníōn
Dative	τῷ ἰνῐ́ῳ tôi iníōi	τοῖν ἰνῐ́οιν toîn iníoin	τοῖς ἰνῐ́οις toîs iníois
Accusative	τὸ ἰνῐ́ον tò iníon	τὼ ἰνῐ́ω tṑ iníō	τᾰ̀ ἰνῐ́ᾰ tà inía
Vocative	ἰνῐ́ον iníon	ἰνῐ́ω iníō	ἰνῐ́ᾰ inía
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

English: inion

References

ἰνίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἰνίον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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