Παιονία

See also: παιωνία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek Παίων (Paíōn)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek Παιονία

    From Παίων (Paíōn, “Paeonian”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

    Pronunciation

     

    Proper noun

    Παιονῐ́ᾱ • (Paionĭ́ā) f (genitive Παιονῐ́ᾱς); first declension

    1. Paeonia (the land of the Paeonians, a people inhabiting between the lands of Macedonians, Thracians, and Illyrians)

    Inflection

    First declension of ἡ Παιονῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Παιονῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
    Case / # Singular
    Nominative ἡ Παιονῐ́ᾱ
    hē Paionĭ́ā
    Genitive τῆς Παιονῐ́ᾱς
    tês Paionĭ́ās
    Dative τῇ Παιονῐ́ᾳ
    tēî Paionĭ́āi
    Accusative τὴν Παιονῐ́ᾱν
    tḕn Paionĭ́ān
    Vocative Παιονῐ́ᾱ
    Paionĭ́ā
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
    • Παιονῐκός (Paionĭkós)
    • Παιονῐ́ς (Paionĭ́s)

    Descendants

    • → English: Paionia
    • Greek: Παιονία (Paionía)
    • → Latin: Paeonia

    References

    • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019
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