Ἴτων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἴτωνος (Ítōnos)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Scansion at Β645 suggests it was originally Ϝῑ́των”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /wǐː.tɔːn/ → /ˈi.ton/ → /ˈi.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /wǐː.tɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ton/

Proper noun

Ῐ̓́των • (Ítōn) f (genitive Ῐ̓́τωνος); third declension

1. Iton, Thessaly, Greece

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ῐ̓́των; τῆς Ῐ̓́τωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ῐ̓́των hē Ítōn
Genitive	τῆς Ῐ̓́τωνος tês Ítōnos
Dative	τῇ Ῐ̓́τωνῐ têi Ítōni
Accusative	τὴν Ῐ̓́τωνᾰ tḕn Ítōna
Vocative	Ῐ̓́των Ítōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἰ̄τωνεῖς (Ītōneîs)
• Ἰ̄τωνιάς (Ītōniás)
• Ἰ̄τωνίς (Ītōnís)

 

Descendants

• Latin: Ītōn

References

• “Ἴτων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἴτων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette