ἀζαλέος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- via ἄζω (ázō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /az.da.lé.os/ → /a.zaˈle.os/ → /a.zaˈle.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /az.da.lé.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.zaˈle.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.zaˈle.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.zaˈle.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.zaˈle.os/

Adjective

ἀζᾰλέος • (azaléos) m (feminine ἀζᾰλέᾱ, neuter ἀζᾰλέον); first/second declension

1. (pass.) dry, dried up, parched, withered
2. (act.) parching, scorching, burning
3. (metaph./fig.) harsh, cruel

Declension

First and second declension of ἀζαλέος; ἀζαλέᾱ; ἀζαλέον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀζαλέος azaléos	ἀζαλέᾱ azaléā	ἀζαλέον azaléon		ἀζαλέω azaléō	ἀζαλέᾱ azaléā	ἀζαλέω azaléō		ἀζαλέοι azaléoi	ἀζαλέαι azaléai	ἀζαλέᾰ azaléa
Genitive		ἀζαλέου azaléou	ἀζαλέᾱς azaléās	ἀζαλέου azaléou		ἀζαλέοιν azaléoin	ἀζαλέαιν azaléain	ἀζαλέοιν azaléoin		ἀζαλέων azaléōn	ἀζαλέων azaléōn	ἀζαλέων azaléōn
Dative		ἀζαλέῳ azaléōi	ἀζαλέᾳ azaléāi	ἀζαλέῳ azaléōi		ἀζαλέοιν azaléoin	ἀζαλέαιν azaléain	ἀζαλέοιν azaléoin		ἀζαλέοις azaléois	ἀζαλέαις azaléais	ἀζαλέοις azaléois
Accusative		ἀζαλέον azaléon	ἀζαλέᾱν azaléān	ἀζαλέον azaléon		ἀζαλέω azaléō	ἀζαλέᾱ azaléā	ἀζαλέω azaléō		ἀζαλέους azaléous	ἀζαλέᾱς azaléās	ἀζαλέᾰ azaléa
Vocative		ἀζαλέε azalée	ἀζαλέᾱ azaléā	ἀζαλέον azaléon		ἀζαλέω azaléō	ἀζαλέᾱ azaléā	ἀζαλέω azaléō		ἀζαλέοι azaléoi	ἀζαλέαι azaléai	ἀζαλέᾰ azaléa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀζαλέως azaléōs				ἀζαλεώτερος azaleṓteros				ἀζαλεώτᾰτος azaleṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀζαλέος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀζαλέος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀζαλέος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀζαλέος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀζαλέος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)