ὄντα

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἐόντα (eónta) — Epic

Etymology

Neuter plural of the present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “to be”), thus literally ‘things that are; existing things’.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ón.ta/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈon.ta/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈon.ta/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈon.ta/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈon.da/

Noun

ὄντα • (ónta) n pl (genitive ὄντων); second declension

things which actually exist, opposed to past and future
reality, truth, actual objects
that which one has, property, fortune

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ ὄντᾰ; τῶν ὄντων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ ὄντᾰ tà ónta
Genitive	τῶν ὄντων tôn óntōn
Dative	τοῖς ὄντοις toîs óntois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ ὄντᾰ tà ónta
Vocative	ὄντᾰ ónta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὀντοποιέω (ontopoiéō)
ὀντότης (ontótēs)

Participle

ὄντα • (ónta)

inflection of ὤν (ṓn):
1. accusative singular masculine
2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural neuter

Further reading

“ὄντα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ὄντα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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