-idion
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a diminutive suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek: enchiridion.
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Origin of -idion
From Greek
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Example sentences from the Web for -idion
To de ts tou mkous synaireses idion tn tas eutheias inas echontn organn, hin' epispasntai ti.
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