Γέλας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡé.laːs/ → /ˈʝe.las/ → /ˈʝe.las/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡé.laːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.las/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.las/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.las/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.las/

Proper noun

Γέλᾱς • (Gélās) m (genitive Γέλου); first declension

1. the river Gela

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Γέλᾱς; τοῦ Γέλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Γέλᾱς ho Gélās
Genitive	τοῦ Γέλου toû Gélou
Dative	τῷ Γέλᾳ tôi Gélāi
Accusative	τὸν Γέλᾱν tòn Gélān
Vocative	Γέλᾱ Gélā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Γέλα (Géla)

Descendants

• Greek: Γέλας (Gélas)
• Latin: Gela

References

• Γέλας 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 1,011