ὤν

See also: -ων, -ῶν, and -ών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐών (eṓn) — Ionic, Epic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ehonts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, present participle of *h₁es- (“to be”). Cognate with Latin sōns (“guilty”), Sanskrit सत् (sát, “being, essence, reality”), Albanian gjë (“thing”), English sooth (“true, a fact”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̌ːn/ → /on/ → /on/

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

Participle

ὤν • (ṓn)

1. present active participle of εἰμί (eimí, “to be”)
2. actual, real

Inflection

First and third declension of ὤν, οὖσᾰ, ὄν

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὤν ṓn	οὖσᾰ oûsă	ὄν ón		ὄντε ónte	οὔσᾱ oúsā	ὄντε ónte		ὄντες óntes	οὖσαι oûsai	ὄντᾰ óntă
Genitive		ὄντος óntos	οὔσης oúsēs	ὄντος óntos		ὄντοιν óntoin	οὔσαιν oúsain	ὄντοιν óntoin		ὄντων óntōn	οὐσῶν ousôn	ὄντων óntōn
Dative		ὄντῐ óntĭ	οὔσῃ oúsēi	ὄντῐ óntĭ		ὄντοιν óntoin	οὔσαιν oúsain	ὄντοιν óntoin		οὖσῐ / οὖσῐν oûsĭ(n)	οὔσαις oúsais	οὖσῐ / οὖσῐν oûsĭ(n)
Accusative		ὄντᾰ óntă	οὖσᾰν oûsăn	ὄν ón		ὄντε ónte	οὔσᾱ oúsā	ὄντε ónte		ὄντᾰς óntăs	οὔσᾱς oúsās	ὄντᾰ óntă
Vocative		ὤν ṓn	οὖσᾰ oûsă	ὄν ón		ὄντε ónte	οὔσᾱ oúsā	ὄντε ónte		ὄντες óntes	οὖσαι oûsai	ὄντᾰ óntă
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὄν (ón)
• ὄντᾰ (óntă)
• ὄντως (óntōs, adverb)

References

• ὤν in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G5607 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 305: table of declined forms