Πρωτεσίλαος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Πρωτεσῐ́λᾱς (Prōtesílās) — Doric
• Πρωτεσῐ́λεως (Prōtesíleōs) — Ionic, Attic

Etymology

From πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) +‎ ἕσῐς (hésis, “sending forth”) +‎ λᾱός (lāós, “people”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prɔː.te.sí.laː.os/ → /pro.teˈsi.la.os/ → /pro.teˈsi.la.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prɔː.te.sí.laː.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pro.teˈsi.la.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pro.teˈsi.la.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pro.teˈsi.la.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pro.teˈsi.la.os/

Proper noun

Πρωτεσῐ́λᾱος • (Prōtesílāos) m (genitive Πρωτεσῐλᾱ́ου); second declension

1. a male given name: Protesilaus

Inflection

Second declension of Πρωτεσῐ́λᾱος; Πρωτεσῐλᾱ́ου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Πρωτεσῐ́λᾱος Prōtesílāos
Genitive	Πρωτεσῐλᾱ́ου / Πρωτεσῐλᾱοῖο / Πρωτεσῐλᾱ́οιο / Πρωτεσῐλᾱόο / Πρωτεσῐλᾱ́οο Prōtesilā́ou / Prōtesilāoîo / Prōtesilā́oio / Prōtesilāóo / Prōtesilā́oo
Dative	Πρωτεσῐλᾱ́ῳ Prōtesilā́ōi
Accusative	Πρωτεσῐ́λᾱον Prōtesílāon
Vocative	Πρωτεσῐ́λᾱε Prōtesílāe
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Πρωτεσῐλᾱ́ειᾰ (Prōtesilā́eia)
• Πρωτεσῐλᾱ́ειον (Prōtesilā́eion)

Descendants

• Greek: Πρωτεσίλαος (Protesílaos)
• Latin: Prōtesilāus

References

• “Πρωτεσίλαος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Πρωτεσίλαος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Πρωτεσίλαος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
• Πρωτεσίλαος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette