αἰώνιος

See also: αιώνιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἰών (aiṓn, “age, eon”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɔ̌ː.ni.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛˈo.ni.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛˈo.ni.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈo.ni.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈo.ni.os/

Adjective

αἰώνῐος • (aiṓnios) m (feminine αἰωνίᾱ, neuter αἰώνῐον); first/second declension

long-lasting
lasting for an age
lasting for life (of an office or title)
perpetual, eternal, everlasting

Inflection

First and second declension of αἰώνιος; αἰωνίᾱ; αἰώνιον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	αἰώνιος aiṓnios	αἰωνίᾱ aiōníā	αἰώνιον aiṓnion	αἰωνίω aiōníō	αἰωνίᾱ aiōníā	αἰωνίω aiōníō	αἰώνιοι aiṓnioi	αἰώνιαι aiṓniai	αἰώνιᾰ aiṓnia
Genitive	αἰωνίου aiōníou	αἰωνίᾱς aiōníās	αἰωνίου aiōníou	αἰωνίοιν aiōníoin	αἰωνίαιν aiōníain	αἰωνίοιν aiōníoin	αἰωνίων aiōníōn	αἰωνίων aiōníōn	αἰωνίων aiōníōn
Dative	αἰωνίῳ aiōníōi	αἰωνίᾳ aiōníāi	αἰωνίῳ aiōníōi	αἰωνίοιν aiōníoin	αἰωνίαιν aiōníain	αἰωνίοιν aiōníoin	αἰωνίοις aiōníois	αἰωνίαις aiōníais	αἰωνίοις aiōníois
Accusative	αἰώνιον aiṓnion	αἰωνίᾱν aiōníān	αἰώνιον aiṓnion	αἰωνίω aiōníō	αἰωνίᾱ aiōníā	αἰωνίω aiōníō	αἰωνίους aiōníous	αἰωνίᾱς aiōníās	αἰώνιᾰ aiṓnia
Vocative	αἰώνιε aiṓnie	αἰωνίᾱ aiōníā	αἰώνιον aiṓnion	αἰωνίω aiōníō	αἰωνίᾱ aiōníā	αἰωνίω aiōníō	αἰώνιοι aiṓnioi	αἰώνιαι aiṓniai	αἰώνιᾰ aiṓnia
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	αἰωνίως aiōníōs			αἰωνιότερος aiōnióteros			αἰωνιότᾰτος aiōniótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“αἰώνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

“αἰώνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
αἰώνιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
αἰώνιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
G166 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.
- continual idem, page 168.
- deathless idem, page 198.
- endless idem, page 273.
- eternal idem, page 284.
- everlasting idem, page 285.
- immortal idem, page 418.
- imperishable idem, page 420.
- interminable idem, page 451.
- permanent idem, page 607.
- perpetual idem, page 607.
- undying idem, page 916.
- unending idem, page 916.
- unfading idem, page 917.