ἠέλιος

See also: Ἠέλιος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.é.li.os/ → /iˈe.li.os/ → /iˈe.li.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.é.li.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝ˈe.li.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈe.li.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈe.li.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈe.li.os/

• Hyphenation: ἠ‧έ‧λι‧ος

Noun

ἠέλῐος • (ēélios) m (genitive ἠελῐ́ου); second declension

1. Epic and Ionic form of ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.475:

     Ἦμος δ’ ἠέλιος κατέδῡ καὶ ἐπὶ κνέφας ἦλθε,

     Êmos d’ ēélios katédū kaì epì knéphas êlthe,

     And when the sun sank down and dusk came on,

   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Nutriments 42:

     ἐς τύπωσιν λε’ ἠέλιοι

     es túpōsin le’ ēélioi

     • Translation by W. H. S. Jones

       For formation, thirty-five days

Inflection

Second declension of ἠέλῐος; ἠελῐ́ου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἠέλῐος ēélios
Genitive	ἠελῐ́ου / ἠελῐοῖο / ἠελῐ́οιο / ἠελῐόο / ἠελῐ́οο ēelíou / ēelioîo / ēelíoio / ēelióo / ēelíoo
Dative	ἠελῐ́ῳ ēelíōi
Accusative	ἠέλῐον ēélion
Vocative	ἠέλῐε ēélie
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

• “ἠέλιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἠέλιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963