ἄλαρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐλάραι (elárai)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the interchange α/ε clearly points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.la.ra/ → /ˈa.la.ra/ → /ˈa.la.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.la.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.la.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.la.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.la.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.la.ra/

Noun

ἄλᾰρᾰ • (álara) n pl (genitive ἀλᾰ́ρων); second declension

1. hazelnuts, the fruits of the hazel tree
2. wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia)
3. butt of spear-shaft

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ ἄλᾰρᾰ; τῶν ἀλᾰ́ρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ ἄλᾰρᾰ tà álara
Genitive	τῶν ἀλᾰ́ρων tôn alárōn
Dative	τοῖς ἀλᾰ́ροις toîs alárois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ ἄλᾰρᾰ tà álara
Vocative	ἄλᾰρᾰ álara
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄλαρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄλαρα 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
• Hesychius' Lexicon: α