Δευκαλίων
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Folk etymology derives the name from Ancient Greek δεῦκος (deûkos), variation of γλεῦκος (gleûkos, “sweet new wine”), and ἁλιεύς (halieús, “sailor”), from ἅλς (háls).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /deu̯.ka.lí.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dew.kaˈli.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðeɸ.kaˈli.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðef.kaˈli.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðef.kaˈli.on/
Proper noun edit
Δευκᾰλίων • (Deukalíōn) m (genitive Δευκᾰλίωνος); third declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Δευκᾰλίων ho Deukalíōn | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Δευκᾰλίωνος toû Deukalíōnos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Δευκᾰλίωνῐ tôi Deukalíōni | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Δευκᾰλίωνᾰ tòn Deukalíōna | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Δευκᾰλίων Deukalíōn | ||||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- Greek: Δευκαλίων (Defkalíon); Δευκαλίωνας (Defkalíonas)
- → Latin: Deucaliōn
Further reading edit
- “Δευκαλίων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Δευκαλίων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “Δευκαλίων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008