-ῶν

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See also: ὤν, -ων, and -ών

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From earlier -άων (-áōn) from () (and alternative forms) plus genitive plural suffix -ων (-ōn).

Suffix

-ῶν (-ôn)

  1. Genitive plural of first-declension nouns
  2. Feminine genitive plural of first- and second-declension adjectives
  3. Feminine genitive plural of first- and third-declension adjectives

Etymology 2

See -ων (-ōn).

Suffix

-ῶν (-ôn)

  1. Masculine and neuter genitive plural of second-declension nouns accented on the ultima
  2. Masculine and neuter genitive plural of first- and second-declension adjectives accented on the ultima

Etymology 3

Contracted from *-έων (*-éōn) or *-όων (*-óōn), from -έω (-éō) or -όω (-óō) + -ων (-ōn, participial suffix).

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ῶν (-ônm (feminine -οῦσᾰ, neuter -οῦν); first/third declension

  1. Present active participle of contracted verbs in -όω (-óō) and -έω (-éō)
  2. Future active participle of verbs with Attic contracted futures in -έω (-éō)
Declension

Etymology 4

Contracted from *-άων (*-áōn), from -άω (-áō) + -ων (-ōn, participial suffix).

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ῶν (-ônm (feminine -ῶσᾰ, neuter -ῶν); first/third declension

  1. Present active participle of contracted verbs in -άω (-áō)
Declension