Αἷμος

See also: Αίμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἷμᾰ (haîma, “blood”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hâi̯.mos/ → /ˈɛ.mos/ → /ˈe.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hâi̯.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ɛ.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.mos/

Proper noun

Αἷμος • (Haîmos) m (genitive Αἵμου); second declension

1. Haemus
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Runaways 25
   • Apollodorus 1.6
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.49
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 4.6
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.96

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Αἷμος; τοῦ Αἵμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Αἷμος ho Haîmos
Genitive	τοῦ Αἵμου toû Haímou
Dative	τῷ Αἵμῳ tôi Haímōi
Accusative	τὸν Αἷμον tòn Haîmon
Vocative	Αἷμε Haîme
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αίμος (Aímos)
• Latin: Haemus

Further reading

• Αἷμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012