Ἰλισός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ῑ̓λῐσσός (Īlissós)
• Ῑ̔λῑσός (Hīlīsós)
• Εἰλῐσσός (Eilissós)

Etymology

The suffix -ῑσο- is found in other river names, like Κηφισός (Kēphisós) and Πάμισος (Pámisos), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iː.liː.sós/ → /i.liˈsos/ → /i.liˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /iː.liː.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.liˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.liˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.liˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.liˈsos/

Proper noun

Ῑ̓λῑσός • (Īlīsós) m (genitive Ῑ̓λῑσοῦ); second declension

1. the river Ilissos

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ῑ̓λῑσός; τοῦ Ῑ̓λῑσοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῑ̓λῑσός ho Īlīsós
Genitive	τοῦ Ῑ̓λῑσοῦ toû Īlīsoû
Dative	τῷ Ῑ̓λῑσῷ tôi Īlīsôi
Accusative	τὸν Ῑ̓λῑσόν tòn Īlīsón
Vocative	Ῑ̓λῑσέ Īlīsé
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιλισός (Ilisós)
• Latin: Īlīsus

References

• “Ἰλισός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013