ἰάλεμος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἰήλεμος (iḗlemos) — Ionic

Etymology

It is improbable that this expressive word derives from the interjection ἰή (iḗ). The suffix is found only in κοάλεμος (koálemos, “stupid fellow, booby”), which may have influenced the later meaning of this word. Since κοάλεμος (koálemos) is Pre-Greek, the same must hold for the present word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.ǎː.le.mos/ → /iˈa.le.mos/ → /iˈa.le.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.ǎː.le.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈa.le.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈa.le.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈa.le.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈa.le.mos/

Noun

ἰᾱ́λεμος • (iā́lemos) m (genitive ἰᾱλέμου); second declension

1. lament, dirge

   Synonym: θρῆνος (thrênos)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἰᾱ́λεμμος; τοῦ ἰᾱλέμμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἰᾱ́λεμμος ho iā́lemmos	τὼ ἰᾱλέμμω tṑ iālémmō	οἱ ἰᾱ́λεμμοι hoi iā́lemmoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἰᾱλέμμου toû iālémmou	τοῖν ἰᾱλέμμοιν toîn iālémmoin	τῶν ἰᾱλέμμων tôn iālémmōn
Dative	τῷ ἰᾱλέμμῳ tôi iālémmōi	τοῖν ἰᾱλέμμοιν toîn iālémmoin	τοῖς ἰᾱλέμμοις toîs iālémmois
Accusative	τὸν ἰᾱ́λεμμον tòn iā́lemmon	τὼ ἰᾱλέμμω tṑ iālémmō	τοὺς ἰᾱλέμμους toùs iālémmous
Vocative	ἰᾱ́λεμμε iā́lemme	ἰᾱλέμμω iālémmō	ἰᾱ́λεμμοι iā́lemmoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Adjective

ἰᾱ́λεμος • (iā́lemos) m or f (neuter ἰᾱ́λεμον); second declension

1. hapless, melancholic
2. tedious, dull, stupid

Declension

Second declension of ἰᾱ́λεμος; ἰᾱ́λεμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἰᾱ́λεμος iā́lemos	ἰᾱ́λεμον iā́lemon		ἰᾱλέμω iālémō	ἰᾱλέμω iālémō		ἰᾱ́λεμοι iā́lemoi	ἰᾱ́λεμᾰ iā́lema
Genitive		ἰᾱλέμου iālémou	ἰᾱλέμου iālémou		ἰᾱλέμοιν iālémoin	ἰᾱλέμοιν iālémoin		ἰᾱλέμων iālémōn	ἰᾱλέμων iālémōn
Dative		ἰᾱλέμῳ iālémōi	ἰᾱλέμῳ iālémōi		ἰᾱλέμοιν iālémoin	ἰᾱλέμοιν iālémoin		ἰᾱλέμοις iālémois	ἰᾱλέμοις iālémois
Accusative		ἰᾱ́λεμον iā́lemon	ἰᾱ́λεμον iā́lemon		ἰᾱλέμω iālémō	ἰᾱλέμω iālémō		ἰᾱλέμους iālémous	ἰᾱ́λεμᾰ iā́lema
Vocative		ἰᾱ́λεμε iā́leme	ἰᾱ́λεμον iā́lemon		ἰᾱλέμω iālémō	ἰᾱλέμω iālémō		ἰᾱ́λεμοι iā́lemoi	ἰᾱ́λεμᾰ iā́lema
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἰᾱλέμως iālémōs			ἰᾱλεμώτερος iālemṓteros			ἰᾱλεμώτᾰτος iālemṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἰαλεμέω (ialeméō)
• ἰαλεμίζω (ialemízō)
• ἰαλεμίστρια (ialemístria)
• ἰαλεμώδης (ialemṓdēs)

 

Further reading

• “ἰάλεμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἰάλεμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἰάλεμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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