χιών

Ancient Greek

χῑ̆ών • (khī̆ṓn) f (genitive χῑ̆όνος); third declension

Generally pronounced χῐών (khĭṓn), but sometimes as χῑών (khīṓn) for the sake of meter.

Third declension of ἡ χῑ̆ών; τῆς χῑ̆όνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χῑ̆ών hē khī̆ṓn	τὼ χῑ̆όνε tṑ khī̆óne	αἱ χῑ̆όνες hai khī̆ónes
Genitive	τῆς χῑ̆όνος tês khī̆ónos	τοῖν χῑ̆όνοιν toîn khī̆ónoin	τῶν χῑ̆όνων tôn khī̆ónōn
Dative	τῇ χῑ̆όνῐ tēî khī̆ónĭ	τοῖν χῑ̆όνοιν toîn khī̆ónoin	ταῖς χῑ̆όσῐ / χῑ̆όσῐν taîs khī̆ósĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν χῑ̆όνᾰ tḕn khī̆ónă	τὼ χῑ̆όνε tṑ khī̆óne	τᾱ̀ς χῑ̆όνᾰς tā̀s khī̆ónăs
Vocative	χῑ̆ών khī̆ṓn	χῑ̆όνε khī̆óne	χῑ̆όνες khī̆ónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

→ Coptic: ⲭⲓⲱⲛ (khiōn)
⇒ Koine Greek: χιόνιον (khiónion)
- Byzantine Greek: χιόνι (khióni)
  - Greek: χιόνι (chióni)
  - Mariupol Greek: шон (šon)
→ New Latin: Chionanthus

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “χεῖμα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1619: “DER > paragraph 4, line 1 > χιών, -όνος [f.] 'snow, blanket of snow, snow-water'”

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χιών in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
χιών in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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