Ὠρίων

See also: Ωρίων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Ὠᾰρῑ́ων (Ōărī́ōn) — Doric

Etymology

Possibly from Akkadian 𒌋𒊒𒀭𒈾 (Uru-anna, “heaven's light”). A folk etymology advanced by Ovid interpreted the origin as οὐρέω (ouréō, “urinate”) +‎ -ίων (-íōn, “son”) based on the circumstances of his birth, with the ﬁrst vowel modiﬁed later on for the sake of properiety, reflecting ὤρα (ṓra, “care, concern”).^[1]

^ [1], Fasti 5.353

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ὠρῑ́ων • (Ōrī́ōn) m (genitive Ὠρῑ́ωνος); third declension

Orion
(astronomy) the constellation Orion
a fabulous Indian bird

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ὠρῑ́ων; τοῦ Ὠρῑ́ωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὠρῑ́ων ho Ōrī́ōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ὠρῑ́ωνος toû Ōrī́ōnos
Dative	τῷ Ὠρῑ́ωνῐ tōî Ōrī́ōnĭ
Accusative	τὸν Ὠρῑ́ωνᾰ tòn Ōrī́ōnă
Vocative	Ὠρῑ́ων Ōrī́ōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ὠᾰρῑώνειος (Ōărīṓneios)

Descendants

Greek: Ωρίων (Oríon)
Latin: Ōrīōn
- → Middle English: Orioun (learned)
  - English: Orion
- → Portuguese: Orion (learned)
- → Sicilian: Uriuni

References

“Ὠρίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Ὠρίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“Ὠρίων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019
Ὠρίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

[Fasti_5.535-1] [1], Fasti 5.353

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