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ἰωνιή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰωνιή ἰωνιῆς

Structure: ἰωνι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: i)/on

Sense

  1. a violet-bed

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἀναμνησθέντεσ ὦνδρεσ τῆσ διαίτησ τῆσ παλαιᾶσ, ἣν παρεῖχ’ αὕτη ποθ’ ἡμῖν, τῶν τε παλασίων ἐκείνων τῶν τε σύκων τῶν τε μύρτων, τῆσ τρυγόσ τε τῆσ γλυκείασ τῆσ ἰωνιᾶσ τε τῆσ πρὸσ τῷ φρέατι τῶν τ’ ἐλαῶν ὧν ποθοῦμεν, ἀντὶ τούτων τήνδε νυνὶ τὴν θεὸν προσείπατε. (Aristophanes, Peace, Choral, pnigos1)
  • καὶ τὰ μὲν ἐπὶ τῆσ Ἑλλάδοσ καὶ τῆσ Ιὠνίασ μέτρια, εἰσ δὲ τὴν Ἰταλίαν ἀποδημῆσαι θελήσαντι αὐτῷ τὸν Ιὄνιον συνδιέπλευσα καὶ τὰ τελευταῖα μέχρι τῆσ Κελτικῆσ συναπάρασα, εὐπορεῖσθαι ἐποίησα. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 27:7)
  • ταῦτα μὲν ἐντὸσ τῶν ὁρ́ων μέχρι τῆσ Ιὠνίασ καὶ Κιλικίασ καὶ Παφλαγονίασ καὶ Γαλατίασ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 30:1)
  • ἤδη τὸν ἀπ’ Ιὠνίασ τρόπον τάλαινα κνησιᾷσ· (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 21)
  • Καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ βασιλείᾳ μέν, ὦ Σινωπεῦ, ὃσ ἐβασίλευσα Καρίασ μὲν ἁπάσησ, ἦρξα δὲ καὶ Λυδῶν ἐνίων καὶ νήσουσ δέ τινασ ὑπηγαγόμην καὶ ἄχρι Μιλήτου ἐπέβην τὰ πολλὰ τῆσ Ιὠνίασ καταστρεφόμενοσ· (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. a violet-bed

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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