Ἑλλήσποντος
See also: Ελλήσποντος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Ἕλλης (Héllēs, “of Helle”, genitive of Ἕλλη (Héllē)) + πόντος (póntos, “sea”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hel.lɛ̌ːs.pon.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)elˈle̝s.pon.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /elˈlis.pon.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /elˈlis.pon.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈlis.pon.dos/
Proper noun
editἙλλήσποντος • (Hellḗspontos) m (genitive Ἑλλησπόντου); second declension
- the Hellespont, later called the Dardanelles
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἑλλήσποντος ho Hellḗspontos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου toû Hellēspóntou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἑλλησπόντῳ tôi Hellēspóntōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον tòn Hellḗsponton | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἑλλήσποντε Hellḗsponte | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- Ἑλλησπόντιος (Hellēspóntios)
- Ἑλλησποντικός (Hellēspontikós)
- Ἑλλησποντίς (Hellēspontís)
Descendants
edit- Greek: Ελλήσποντος (Ellíspontos)
- → Latin: Hellespontus (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
edit- “Ἑλλήσποντος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἑλλήσποντος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Ἑλλήσποντος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἑλλήσποντος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012
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