πρίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρίω (príō, “to saw, cut”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prǐː.ɔːn/ → /ˈpri.on/ → /ˈpri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prǐː.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpri.on/

Noun

πρῑ́ων • (prī́ōn) m (genitive πρῑ́ονος); third declension

1. saw
2. trephine, trepan
3. ridge of hills
4. a kind of marine animal, possibly the dolphin
   • 2nd–4th centuries AD, Physiologus 5

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πρῑ́ων; τοῦ πρῑ́ονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πρῑ́ων ho prī́ōn	τὼ πρῑ́ονε tṑ prī́one	οἱ πρῑ́ονες hoi prī́ones
Genitive	τοῦ πρῑ́ονος toû prī́onos	τοῖν πρῑόνοιν toîn prīónoin	τῶν πρῑόνων tôn prīónōn
Dative	τῷ πρῑ́ονῐ tôi prī́oni	τοῖν πρῑόνοιν toîn prīónoin	τοῖς πρῑ́οσῐ / πρῑ́οσῐν toîs prī́osi(n)
Accusative	τὸν πρῑ́ονᾰ tòn prī́ona	τὼ πρῑ́ονε tṑ prī́one	τοὺς πρῑ́ονᾰς toùs prī́onas
Vocative	πρῖον prîon	πρῑ́ονε prī́one	πρῑ́ονες prī́ones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πρῑόνῐον (prīónion)
• πρῑονῖτῐς (prīonîtis)
• πρῑονώδης (prīonṓdēs)
• πρῑονωτός (prīonōtós)

 

Descendants

• Greek: πριόνι (prióni)
• → Translingual: (through genitive) Prionus

Descendants

• → Classical Syriac: ܡܣܪܐ (massārā) (semantic loan)
• → Old Armenian: սղոց (słocʻ) (semantic loan)

Further reading

• “πρίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πρίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πρίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette