ὤν

See also: -ων, -ῶν, and -ών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ehonts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, present participle of *h₁es- (“to be”). Cognate with Latin sōns (“guilty”), Sanskrit सत् (sát, “being, essence, reality”), Albanian gjë (“thing”), English sooth (“true, a fact”).

Pronunciation

 

Participle

ὤν • (ṓn)

  1. present participle of εἰμί (eimí)
  2. actual, real

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ὄν (ón)
  • ὄντως (óntōs, adverb)

References

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