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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̌ː.nɛː/ → /ˈo.ni/ → /ˈo.ni/
Suffix
-ώνη • (-ṓnē) f (genitive -ώνης); first declension (poetic, rare)
- Added to the names of people to form a feminine patronym: daughter of
- Ζεύς [Δι-] (Zeús [Di-], “Zeus”) + -ώνη (-ṓnē) → Διώνη (Diṓnē, “Dione”, literally “daughter of Zeus”)
- Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -ιώνη (-iṓnē) → Καδμειώνη (Kadmeiṓnē, “daughter of Cadmus (Semele)”)
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- -ῑ́ων (-ī́ōn, masculine patronymic suffix)
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 845.6