αἰσάλων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• αἰσᾰ́ρων (aisárōn)

Etymology

Furnée suggests a Pre-Greek origin in view of the variation λ/ρ.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.sá.lɔːn/ → /ɛˈsa.lon/ → /eˈsa.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.sá.lɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛˈsa.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛˈsa.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈsa.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈsa.lon/

Noun

αἰσᾰ́λων • (aisálōn) m (genitive αἰσᾰ́λωνος); third declension

1. kind of hawk mentioned by Aristotle, perhaps the Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata) or the merlin (Falco columbarius)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ αἰσᾰ́λων; τοῦ αἰσᾰ́λωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ αἰσᾰ́λων ho aisálōn	τὼ αἰσᾰ́λωνε tṑ aisálōne	οἱ αἰσᾰ́λωνες hoi aisálōnes
Genitive	τοῦ αἰσᾰ́λωνος toû aisálōnos	τοῖν αἰσᾰλώνοιν toîn aisalṓnoin	τῶν αἰσᾰλώνων tôn aisalṓnōn
Dative	τῷ αἰσᾰ́λωνῐ tôi aisálōni	τοῖν αἰσᾰλώνοιν toîn aisalṓnoin	τοῖς αἰσᾰ́λωσῐ / αἰσᾰ́λωσῐν toîs aisálōsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν αἰσᾰ́λωνᾰ tòn aisálōna	τὼ αἰσᾰ́λωνε tṑ aisálōne	τοὺς αἰσᾰ́λωνᾰς toùs aisálōnas
Vocative	αἰσᾰ́λων aisálōn	αἰσᾰ́λωνε aisálōne	αἰσᾰ́λωνες aisálōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “αἰσάλων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αἰσάλων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἰσάλων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αἰσάλων”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43