Διώνη
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Derived by syncope from early Ancient Greek Διϝωνη (Diwōnē), from Proto-Indo-European *DiwHóneh₂ (“one under authority of Zeus or heaven”), from *dyew- + *-Hō. Compare Old Latin Dīvāna, Latin Diāna, from a shared root whence may have also developed Latin Iūnō, Iūnōnis.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.ɔ̌ː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /diˈo.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðiˈo.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðiˈo.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiˈo.ni/
Proper noun
Δῐώνη • (Diṓnē) f (genitive Δῐώνης); first declension
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “Διώνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Διώνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Διώνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “Διώνη”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008
- Clackson, James, Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings from the International Conference, 2002
- http://opsopaus.com/OM/BA/Plethon/Dione.html