βηλός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βᾱλός (bālós) — Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”), the same root of βαίνω (baínō, “to go, step”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɛː.lós/ → /βiˈlos/ → /viˈlos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɛː.lós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be̝ˈlos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βiˈlos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /viˈlos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /viˈlos/

Noun

βηλός • (bēlós) m (genitive βηλοῦ); second declension

1. threshold, the bottom-most part of a doorway

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βηλός; τοῦ βηλοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βηλός ho bēlós	τὼ βηλώ tṑ bēlṓ	οἱ βηλοί hoi bēloí
Genitive	τοῦ βηλοῦ toû bēloû	τοῖν βηλοῖν toîn bēloîn	τῶν βηλῶν tôn bēlôn
Dative	τῷ βηλῷ tôi bēlôi	τοῖν βηλοῖν toîn bēloîn	τοῖς βηλοῖς toîs bēloîs
Accusative	τὸν βηλόν tòn bēlón	τὼ βηλώ tṑ bēlṓ	τοὺς βηλούς toùs bēloús
Vocative	βηλέ bēlé	βηλώ bēlṓ	βηλοί bēloí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βηλόθυρον (bēlóthuron)

References

• “βηλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βηλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “βηλός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βηλός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βηλός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• βηλός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN