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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἰωνιή ἰωνιᾱ́ ἰωνιαί
Genitive ἰωνιᾶς ἰωνιαῖν ἰωνιῶν
Dative ἰωνιᾷ ἰωνιαῖν ἰωνιαῖς
Accusative ἰωνιᾱ́ν ἰωνιᾱ́ ἰωνιᾱ́ς
Vocative ἰωνιᾱ́ ἰωνιᾱ́ ἰωνιαί

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

  • ὁ δὲ νηὸσ ὁρέει μὲν ἐσ ἠέλιον ἀνιόντα, εἶδοσ δὲ καὶ ἐργασίην ἐστὶν ὁκοίουσ νηοὺσ ἐν Ιὠνίῃ ποιέουσιν. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 29:15)
  • οὔτε γὰρ τὰ ἄνω αὐτῆσ χωρία τὠυτὸ ποιέει τῇ Ιὠνίῃ οὔτε τὰ κάτω οὔτε τὰ πρὸσ τὴν ἠῶ οὔτε τὰ πρὸσ τὴν ἑσπέρην, τὰ μὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ψυχροῦ τε καὶ ὑγροῦ πιεζόμενα, τὰ δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ θερμοῦ τε καὶ αὐχμώδεοσ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 142 3:1)
  • Φωκαίησ μέν νυν πέρι τῆσ ἐν Ιὠνίῃ οὕτω ἔσχε παραπλήσια δὲ τούτοισι καὶ Τήιοι ἐποίησαν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 168 2:1)
  • οὕτω δὴ τὸ δεύτερον Ιὠνίη ἐδεδούλωτο. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 169 3:2)
  • μένουσι δέ σφι ἐν τῇ Ιὠνίῃ οὐκ ἔφη ἐνορᾶν ἐλευθερίην ἔτι ἐσομένην. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 170 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. a violet-bed

Similar forms

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

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