Ἰωνία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ἴων (Íōn, “Ionian”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Compare Egyptian ywnj ꜥꜣ (“Great Ionia”)

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ • (Iōníā) f (genitive Ἰωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Ionia

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ἰωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ
hē Iōníā
Genitive τῆς Ἰωνῐ́ᾱς
tês Iōníās
Dative τῇ Ἰωνῐ́ᾳ
têi Iōníāi
Accusative τὴν Ἰωνῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Iōníān
Vocative Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ
Iōníā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Albanian: Jon
  • → English: Ionia
  • Greek: Ιωνία (Ionía)
  • → Latin: Iōnia
  • → Turkish: İyonya

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014
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