οἰρών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

οἱρών (hoirṓn)

Etymology

Schulze compare the word with Sanskrit सीता (sītā, “furrow”), सीर (sīra, “plough”) and सीमा (sīmā, “frontier, boundary, edge”), which is semantically and formally quite possible. Beekes suggests a common derivation from Proto-Indo-European *soHi-r- (“furrow”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.rɔ̌ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /yˈron/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈron/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈron/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈron/

Noun

οἰρών • (oirṓn) m (genitive οἰρῶνος); third declension

furrow of a plough
Synonym: αὖλαξ (aûlax)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ οἰρών; τοῦ οἰρῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οἰρών ho oirṓn	τὼ οἰρῶνε tṑ oirône	οἱ οἰρῶνες hoi oirônes
Genitive	τοῦ οἰρῶνος toû oirônos	τοῖν οἰρώνοιν toîn oirṓnoin	τῶν οἰρώνων tôn oirṓnōn
Dative	τῷ οἰρῶνῐ tôi oirônĭ	τοῖν οἰρώνοιν toîn oirṓnoin	τοῖς οἰρῶσῐ / οἰρῶσῐν toîs oirôsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν οἰρῶνᾰ tòn oirônă	τὼ οἰρῶνε tṑ oirône	τοὺς οἰρῶνᾰς toùs oirônăs
Vocative	οἰρών oirṓn	οἰρῶνε oirône	οἰρῶνες oirônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

οἰρών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

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Inflection

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