Πρωτεσίλαος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + ἕσῐς (hésĭs, “sending forth”) + λᾱός (lāós, “people”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /prɔː.te.sí.laː.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pro.teˈsi.la.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pro.teˈsi.la.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pro.teˈsi.la.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pro.teˈsi.la.os/
Proper noun
Πρωτεσῐ́λᾱος • (Prōtesĭ́lāos) m (genitive Πρωτεσῐλᾱ́ου); second declension
- a male given name, Protesilaus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Πρωτεσῐ́λᾱος Prōtesĭ́lāos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | Πρωτεσῐλᾱ́ου / Πρωτεσῐλᾱοῖο / Πρωτεσῐλᾱ́οιο / Πρωτεσῐλᾱόο / Πρωτεσῐλᾱ́οο Prōtesĭlā́ou / Prōtesĭlāoîo / Prōtesĭlā́oio / Prōtesĭlāóo / Prōtesĭlā́oo | ||||||||||||
| Dative | Πρωτεσῐλᾱ́ῳ Prōtesĭlā́ōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | Πρωτεσῐ́λᾱον Prōtesĭ́lāon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Πρωτεσῐ́λᾱε Prōtesĭ́lāe | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Πρωτεσῐλᾱ́ειᾰ (Prōtesĭlā́eiă)
- Πρωτεσῐλᾱ́ειον (Prōtesĭlā́eion)
Descendants
- Greek: Πρωτεσίλαος (Protesílaos)
- Latin: Prōtesilāus
References
- “Πρωτεσίλαος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Πρωτεσίλαος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Πρωτεσίλαος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
- Πρωτεσίλαος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette