Earlier *παιά-ϝων (*paiá-wōn) (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀊𐀺𐀚 (pa-ja-wo-ne /Paiāwonei/)), related to παιάν (paián, “choral song, hymn, war song”), which see for more.
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παιών • (paiṓn) m (genitive παιῶνος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ παιών ho paiṓn |
τὼ παιῶνε tṑ paiône |
οἱ παιῶνες hoi paiônes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ παιῶνος toû paiônos |
τοῖν παιώνοιν toîn paiṓnoin |
τῶν παιώνων tôn paiṓnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ παιῶνῐ tôi paiôni |
τοῖν παιώνοιν toîn paiṓnoin |
τοῖς παιῶσῐ / παιῶσῐν toîs paiôsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν παιῶνᾰ tòn paiôna |
τὼ παιῶνε tṑ paiône |
τοὺς παιῶνᾰς toùs paiônas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | παιών paiṓn |
παιῶνε paiône |
παιῶνες paiônes | ||||||||||
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