ὁρίζων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Substantive noun from ὁρίζων κύκλος (horízōn kúklos, literally “separating circle”), from the present active participle of ὁρίζω (horízō, “I mark out a boundary”) and κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, sphere”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ho.ríz.dɔːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)oˈri.zon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈri.zon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈri.zon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈri.zon/

Noun

ὁρῐ́ζων • (horízōn) m (genitive ὁρῐ́ζοντος); third declension

horizon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ὁρῐ́ζων; τοῦ ὁρῐ́ζοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὁρῐ́ζων ho horízōn	τὼ ὁρῐ́ζοντε tṑ horízonte	οἱ ὁρῐ́ζοντες hoi horízontes
Genitive	τοῦ ὁρῐ́ζοντος toû horízontos	τοῖν ὁρῐζόντοιν toîn horizóntoin	τῶν ὁρῐζόντων tôn horizóntōn
Dative	τῷ ὁρῐ́ζοντῐ tôi horízonti	τοῖν ὁρῐζόντοιν toîn horizóntoin	τοῖς ὁρῐ́ζουσῐ / ὁρῐ́ζουσῐν toîs horízousi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ὁρῐ́ζοντᾰ tòn horízonta	τὼ ὁρῐ́ζοντε tṑ horízonte	τοὺς ὁρῐ́ζοντᾰς toùs horízontas
Vocative	ὁρῐ́ζον horízon	ὁρῐ́ζοντε horízonte	ὁρῐ́ζοντες horízontes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: horizōn (see there for further descendants)
→ Russian: горизо́нт m (gorizónt)

ὁρίζων

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