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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 7844376, member: 74834"]Is the -ION ending with omikron also a genitive plural, like -ΙΩΝ with omega? My (rusty) Ancient Greek says -ION makes a word a neuter singular. So POΔION and ΣYPAQOΣION would be adjectives supposing a not mentioned neutral word, for instance 'nomisma', money. So we have '[money] from Rhodes' or 'Syracusian [money]'. That's different from ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ '[money] of the Syracusians'.</p><p><br /></p><p>But no doubt in the past, scholars have devoted thorough studies to these things. Probably German professors from their Golden Age of Philology, the late 19th century. It's only a question of finding the essays, or the handbooks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 7844376, member: 74834"]Is the -ION ending with omikron also a genitive plural, like -ΙΩΝ with omega? My (rusty) Ancient Greek says -ION makes a word a neuter singular. So POΔION and ΣYPAQOΣION would be adjectives supposing a not mentioned neutral word, for instance 'nomisma', money. So we have '[money] from Rhodes' or 'Syracusian [money]'. That's different from ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ '[money] of the Syracusians'. But no doubt in the past, scholars have devoted thorough studies to these things. Probably German professors from their Golden Age of Philology, the late 19th century. It's only a question of finding the essays, or the handbooks.[/QUOTE]
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