Ὑέλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin Velia, from Ancient Greek Ἐλέᾱ (Eléā), from Ϝέλα (Wéla).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.é.lɛː/ → /yˈe.li/ → /iˈe.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.é.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈe.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈe.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈe.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈe.li/

Proper noun

Ὑέλη • (Huélē) f (genitive Ὑέλης); first declension

1. Alternative form of Ἐλέᾱ (Eléā, “Hyele or Elea, Magna Graecia; Velia, Campania, Italy”)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ὑέλη; τῆς Ὑέλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ὑέλη hē Huélē
Genitive	τῆς Ὑέλης tês Huélēs
Dative	τῇ Ὑέλῃ têi Huélēi
Accusative	τὴν Ὑέλην tḕn Huélēn
Vocative	Ὑέλη Huélē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Υέλη (Yéli)
• Latin: Hyele

References

• “Ὑέλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ὑέλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029
• Ὑέλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette