-ίων

ιών ἱών Ἴων ἰών Ancient Greek Pronunciation -ῑ́ων Etymology 1 grc patronymic suffix grc patronymic Perhaps taken from grc ine-ana. Suffix -ῑ́ων -ῑ́ωνος -ῑ́ονος m f third grc chiefly Epic Suffix added to father's name that forms masculine patronymic, meaning "son of" grc Πηλεύς Πηλεΐων Peleus son of Peleus Inflection -ῑ́ων - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -ῑ́ον - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -ῑ́ων - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - epi -ῑ́ον - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - epi Alternative forms grc -ίων Synonyms grc -ῐ́δης Derived terms grc patronymic Related terms grc -ιώνη grc -ῑ́νη References 845 Etymology 2 grc comparative :inh grk-pro:*-ihō<ety:inh<ine-pro:*-isō<ety:der< -yōs<id:very>>>>> suffix grc grk-pro *-ihō, from grc ine-pro *-isō, equivalent to grc *-ϳων -ων nominalisation. In Homer, the iota is short, which reflects the original state. In later poets, the iota is long. According to Sihler, this unexpected alternation is explained by the original paradigm having grc *-ῑνος and grc *-ῑνι in Genitive and Locative (→ Dative) Singular, from earlier *-isnos and *-isni. An example would be grc *ἥδῑνος instead of grc ἡδῐ́ονος). When in such forms grc -ιον- was restored analogically to other case forms, the length of the iota was either kept and generalized throughout all cases or restored from the other cases, yielding two different patterns.Sihler, Andrew (1995): New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press, §354. Suffix -ῑ́ων -ῑον Suffix added to some adjectival roots to form a comparative adjective: -er grc ἡδύς ἡδῑ́ων sweet sweeter Declension -ῑον comp Derived terms grc comparative References 318