παιωνία

See also: Παιονία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • παιονίη (paioníē) — Epic

Etymology

Substantivized feminine form of Παιώνιος (Paiṓnios, “Paeonian, medicinal, healing”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

παιωνίᾱ • (paiōníā) f (genitive παιωνίᾱς); first declension

  1. peony (Paeonia officinalis, Paeonia mascula)
    Synonyms: γλυκυσίδη (glukusídē), ὀρόβαξ (oróbax)

Declension
First declension of ἡ παιωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς παιωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ παιωνῐ́ᾱ
hē paiōníā		 τὼ παιωνῐ́ᾱ
tṑ paiōníā		 αἱ παιωνῐ́αι
hai paiōníai
Genitive τῆς παιωνῐ́ᾱς
tês paiōníās		 τοῖν παιωνῐ́αιν
toîn paiōníain		 τῶν παιωνῐῶν
tôn paiōniôn
Dative τῇ παιωνῐ́ᾳ
têi paiōníāi		 τοῖν παιωνῐ́αιν
toîn paiōníain		 ταῖς παιωνῐ́αις
taîs paiōníais
Accusative τὴν παιωνῐ́ᾱν
tḕn paiōníān		 τὼ παιωνῐ́ᾱ
tṑ paiōníā		 τᾱ̀ς παιωνῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s paiōníās
Vocative παιωνῐ́ᾱ
paiōníā		 παιωνῐ́ᾱ
paiōníā		 παιωνῐ́αι
paiōníai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: παιωνία (paionía)
  • → Latin: paeonia (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
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