λωΐων

Ancient Greek

Inherited from a comparative formation from the root Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w-. Cognate with Old Armenian լաւ (law, “good”).

λωΐων • (lōḯōn) m or f (neuter λώϊον); second declension

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	λωΐων lōḯōn	λώϊον lṓïon	λωΐονε lōḯone	λωΐονε lōḯone	λωΐονες lōḯones	λωΐονᾰ lōḯona
Genitive	λωΐονος lōḯonos	λωΐονος lōḯonos	λωϊόνοιν lōïónoin	λωϊόνοιν lōïónoin	λωϊόνων lōïónōn	λωϊόνων lōïónōn
Dative	λωΐονῐ lōḯoni	λωΐονῐ lōḯoni	λωϊόνοιν lōïónoin	λωϊόνοιν lōïónoin	λωΐοσῐ / λωΐοσῐν lōḯosi(n)	λωΐοσῐ / λωΐοσῐν lōḯosi(n)
Accusative	λωΐονᾰ lōḯona	λώϊον lṓïon	λωΐονε lōḯone	λωΐονε lōḯone	λωΐονᾰς lōḯonas	λωΐονᾰ lōḯona
Vocative	λώϊον lṓïon	λώϊον lṓïon	λωΐονε lōḯone	λωΐονε lōḯone	λωΐονες lōḯones	λωΐονᾰ lōḯona
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	λώϊον lṓïon		λωΐτερος lōḯteros		λῷστος lôistos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“λωΐων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
λωΐων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
λωΐων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Frisk, Hjalmar (1970) “λωΐων”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 152