ἔριον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• εἴριον (eírion) — Ionic

Etymology

From εἶρος (eîros).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.ri.on/ → /ˈe.ri.on/ → /ˈe.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ri.on/

Noun

ἔριον • (érion) n (genitive ἐρίου); second declension

1. wool

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἔριον; τοῦ ἐρίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔριον tò érion	τὼ ἐρίω tṑ eríō	τᾰ̀ ἔριᾰ tằ ériă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρίου toû eríou	τοῖν ἐρίοιν toîn eríoin	τῶν ἐρίων tôn eríōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρίῳ tōî eríōi	τοῖν ἐρίοιν toîn eríoin	τοῖς ἐρίοις toîs eríois
Accusative	τὸ ἔριον tò érion	τὼ ἐρίω tṑ eríō	τᾰ̀ ἔριᾰ tằ ériă
Vocative	ἔριον érion	ἐρίω eríō	ἔριᾰ ériă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἔριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἔριον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἔριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔριον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G2053 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fleece idem, page 327.
  • wool idem, page 987.