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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From υἱός (huiós, “son”), with the same formation of οἰωνός (oiōnós, “bird of prey”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hyː.ɔː.nós/ → /y.oˈnos/ → /i.oˈnos/
Noun
υἱωνός • (huiōnós) m (genitive υἱωνοῦ); second declension
- grandson
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “υἱωνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “υἱωνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “υἱωνός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- υἱωνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- υἱωνός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963