Δῖον

See also: δῖον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of Ancient Macedonian origin, a name meaning "dedicated to Zeus," from Ζεύς (Zeús).[1]

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Δῖον • (Dîon) n (genitive Δίου); second declension

  1. Dion or Dium, the name of several ancient Greek settlements

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ Δῖον; τοῦ Δῑ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative τὸ Δῖον
tò Dîon
Genitive τοῦ Δῑ́ου
toû Dī́ou
Dative τῷ Δῑ́ῳ
tôi Dī́ōi
Accusative τὸ Δῖον
tò Dîon
Vocative Δῖον
Dîon
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • English: Dion; Dium
  • Greek: Δίο (Dío)
  • Latin: Dīum

References
  • Δῖον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008
  • Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 7.
  1. Stone, T. (2008). Zeus: A Journey Through Greece in the Footsteps of a God. New York: Bloomsbury USA, p. 223
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