Σελινοῦς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”) + -οῦς (-oûs, “-ful”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /se.liː.nûːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /se.liˈnus/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /se.liˈnus/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /se.liˈnus/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /se.liˈnus/
Proper noun
Σελῑνοῦς • (Selīnoûs) m (genitive Σελῑνοῦντος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Σελῑνοῦς ho Selīnoûs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Σελῑνοῦντος toû Selīnoûntos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Σελῑνοῦντῐ tōî Selīnoûntĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Σελῑνοῦντᾰ tòn Selīnoûntă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σελῑνοῦν Selīnoûn | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Σελινούντιος (Selinoúntios)
Descendants
- Catalan: Selinunt
- French: Sélinonte
- Greek: Σελινούς (Selinoús); Σελινούντας (Selinoúntas)
- Italian: Selinunte
- Latin: Selinus
- Sicilian: Silinunti
- Spanish: Selinunte
References
- “Σελινοῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025