Ἑκατομβαιών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἑκᾰτόμβαῐᾰ (Hekatómbaia), a festival at which hecatombs were offered.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.ka.tom.bai̯.ɔ̌ːn/ → /e.ka.tom.bɛˈon/ → /e.ka.tom.beˈon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.ka.tom.bai̯.ɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e.ka.tom.bɛˈon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ka.tom.bɛˈon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ka.tom.beˈon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ka.tom.beˈon/

Proper noun

Ἑκᾰτομβαῐών • (Hekatombaiṓn) m (genitive Ἑκᾰτομβαῐῶνος); third declension

1. Hecatombaeon: the first month of the Attic calendar, corresponding to the lunar term around July and August

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἑκᾰτομβαῐών; τοῦ Ἑκᾰτομβαῐῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἑκᾰτομβαῐών ho Hekatombaiṓn
Genitive	τοῦ Ἑκᾰτομβαῐῶνος toû Hekatombaiônos
Dative	τῷ Ἑκᾰτομβαῐῶνῐ tôi Hekatombaiôni
Accusative	τὸν Ἑκᾰτομβαῐῶνᾰ tòn Hekatombaiôna
Vocative	Ἑκᾰτομβαῐών Hekatombaiṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Εκατομβαιών (Ekatomvaión), Εκατομβαιώνας (Ekatomvaiónas)

References

• “Ἑκατομβαιών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ἑκατομβαιών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἑκατομβαιών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)