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-ιον
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- -ῐ́ον (-ĭ́on)
Etymology
Perhaps neuter substantivisation of -ιος (-ios, “adjective suffix”), from Proto-Indo-European *-yós.
For the development from adjective to diminutive, compare Sanskrit -क (-ka) and Proto-Slavic *-ъka. From the development from adjective to place, compare Latin -ārium. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /i.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.on/
Suffix
-ῐον • (-ĭon) n (genitive -ῐ́ου); second declension
- Termination of neuter substantivations of adjectives in -ιος (-ios, “belonging to”, also forms parasynthetic compounds).
- A noun-forming diminutive suffix.
- Suffix forming names for places.
Inflection
Derived terms
Related terms
- -εῖον (-eîon)
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