-ίων

See also: ιών, ἱών, Ἴων, and ἰών

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

      Perhaps taken from Anatolian.

      Suffix

      -ῑ́ων • (-ī́ōnm or f (genitive -ῑ́ωνος or -ῑ́ονος); third declension

      1. (chiefly Epic) Suffix added to father's name that forms masculine patronymic, meaning "son of"
        Πηλεύς (Pēleús, Peleus) + ‎-ίων (-íōn) → ‎Πηλεΐων (Pēleḯōn, son of Peleus)
      Inflection
      Alternative forms
      • -ίων (-íōn)
      Synonyms
      Derived terms

      References

      • Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 845

      Etymology 2

          From Proto-Hellenic *-ihō, from Proto-Indo-European *-isō, from *-yōs (whence -ων (-ōn)).

          Suffix

          -ῑ́ων • (-ī́ōnm or f (neuter -ῑον); third declension

          1. Suffix added to some adjectival stems to form a comparative adjective: -er
            ἡδύς (hēdús, sweet) + ‎-ίων (-íōn) → ‎ἡδῑ́ων (hēdī́ōn, sweeter)
          Declension
          Derived terms

          References