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Sion
Sion
English
Proper noun
Sion
- Alternative spelling of Zion
Quotations
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Hebrews 12:22::
- But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Sion
- capital of Valais, a canton in Switzerland
Translations
capital of Valais, a canton in Switzerland
Anagrams
sion
sion
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek σίον (síon).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.on/, [ˈsi.õ]
Noun
sion n (genitive siī); second declension
Declension
Second declension, Greek type.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sion | sia |
| genitive | siī | siōrum |
| dative | siō | siīs |
| accusative | sion | sia |
| ablative | siō | siīs |
| vocative | sion | sia |
References
- sion in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- SION in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “1 sĭŏn ou sĭum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,447/3.
- sion in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sion in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- sion in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
- “sion” on page 974/1 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)