"λεγεών" meaning in Ancient Greek

See λεγεών in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /le.ɡe.ɔ̌ːn/, /le.ʝeˈon/, /le.ʝeˈon/, /le.ɡe.ɔ̌ːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /le.ɡeˈon/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /le.ʝeˈon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /le.ʝeˈon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /le.ʝeˈon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Latin legiō. Etymology templates: {{bor|grc|la|legiō}} Latin legiō Head templates: {{grc-noun|λεγεῶνος|m|third}} λεγεών • (legeṓn) m (genitive λεγεῶνος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|λεγεών|λεγεῶνος|form=F}} Forms: legeṓn [romanization], λεγεῶνος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ λεγεών [nominative, singular], λεγεῶνε [dual, nominative], αἱ λεγεῶνες [nominative, plural], τῆς λεγεῶνος [genitive, singular], λεγεώνοιν [dual, genitive], λεγεώνων [genitive, plural], τῇ λεγεῶνῐ [dative, singular], λεγεώνοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς λεγεῶσῐ [dative, plural], λεγεῶσῐν [dative, plural], taîs legeôsĭ [dative, plural], taîs legeôsĭn [dative, plural], τὴν λεγεῶνᾰ [accusative, singular], λεγεῶνε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς λεγεῶνᾰς [accusative, plural], λεγεών [singular, vocative], λεγεῶνε [dual, vocative], λεγεῶνες [plural, vocative], λεγιών [alternative], ληγιών [alternative]
  1. legion
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "λεγεώνα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: λεγεώνα (legeóna)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: λεγεώνα (legeóna)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "arc",
            "2": "לגיונא",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aramaic: לגיונא",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aramaic: לגיונא"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ⲗⲉⲅⲉⲱⲛ",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Coptic: ⲗⲉⲅⲉⲱⲛ (legeōn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Coptic: ⲗⲉⲅⲉⲱⲛ (legeōn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍉𐌽",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍉𐌽 (laigaiōn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍉𐌽 (laigaiōn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "os",
            "2": "Легъион",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ossetian: Легъион (Leǧion)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ossetian: Легъион (Leǧion)"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin legiō.",
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    {
      "form": "legeṓn",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεῶνος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ λεγεών",
      "roman": "hē legeṓn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεῶνε",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ λεγεῶνες",
      "roman": "hai legeônes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς λεγεῶνος",
      "roman": "tês legeônos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεώνοιν",
      "roman": "legeṓnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεώνων",
      "roman": "legeṓnōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ λεγεῶνῐ",
      "roman": "têi legeônĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεώνοιν",
      "roman": "legeṓnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς λεγεῶσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεῶσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs legeôsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs legeôsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν λεγεῶνᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn legeônă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεῶνε",
      "roman": "legeône",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς λεγεῶνᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s legeônăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεών",
      "roman": "legeṓn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεῶνε",
      "roman": "legeône",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεῶνες",
      "roman": "legeônes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγιών",
      "roman": "legiṓn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ληγιών",
      "roman": "lēgiṓn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "λεγεῶνος",
        "2": "m",
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      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λεγεών",
        "2": "λεγεῶνος",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Ancient Rome",
          "orig": "grc:Ancient Rome",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "legion"
      ],
      "id": "en-λεγεών-grc-noun-FhTO7sUK",
      "links": [
        [
          "legion",
          "legion"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ɡe.ɔ̌ːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ʝeˈon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ʝeˈon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ɡe.ɔ̌ːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ɡeˈon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ʝeˈon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ʝeˈon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ʝeˈon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λεγεών"
}
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "λεγεώνα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: λεγεώνα (legeóna)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: λεγεώνα (legeóna)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "arc",
            "2": "לגיונא",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aramaic: לגיונא",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aramaic: לגיונא"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ⲗⲉⲅⲉⲱⲛ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Coptic: ⲗⲉⲅⲉⲱⲛ (legeōn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Coptic: ⲗⲉⲅⲉⲱⲛ (legeōn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍉𐌽",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍉𐌽 (laigaiōn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍉𐌽 (laigaiōn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "os",
            "2": "Легъион",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ossetian: Легъион (Leǧion)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ossetian: Легъион (Leǧion)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "legiō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin legiō",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin legiō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "legeṓn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεῶνος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ λεγεών",
      "roman": "hē legeṓn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεῶνε",
      "roman": "legeône",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ λεγεῶνες",
      "roman": "hai legeônes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς λεγεῶνος",
      "roman": "tês legeônos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεώνοιν",
      "roman": "legeṓnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεώνων",
      "roman": "legeṓnōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ λεγεῶνῐ",
      "roman": "têi legeônĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεώνοιν",
      "roman": "legeṓnoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς λεγεῶσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεῶσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs legeôsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs legeôsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν λεγεῶνᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn legeônă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεῶνε",
      "roman": "legeône",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς λεγεῶνᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s legeônăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεών",
      "roman": "legeṓn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεῶνε",
      "roman": "legeône",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγεῶνες",
      "roman": "legeônes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγιών",
      "roman": "legiṓn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ληγιών",
      "roman": "lēgiṓn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λεγεῶνος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "λεγεών • (legeṓn) m (genitive λεγεῶνος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λεγεών",
        "2": "λεγεῶνος",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Latin",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Latin",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Ancient Rome"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "legion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "legion",
          "legion"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ɡe.ɔ̌ːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ʝeˈon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ʝeˈon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ɡe.ɔ̌ːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ɡeˈon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ʝeˈon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ʝeˈon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ʝeˈon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λεγεών"
}

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