Ἄλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἅλος (Hálos)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

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

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

Proper noun

Ἄλος • (Álos) f (genitive Ἀλου); second declension

1. Halos; Phthiotis, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓́λος; τῆς Ᾰ̓́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̓́λος hē Álos
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̓́λου tês Álou
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̓́λῳ têi Álōi
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̓́λον tḕn Álon
Vocative	Ᾰ̓́λε Ále
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Halus

Further reading

• “Ἄλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἄλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἄλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)