ήλιος
Greek
Alternative forms
- Ήλιος (Ílios)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun, sunlight”), from Proto-Hellenic *hāwélios, from a pre-Hellenic or later Proto-Indo-European *sāwélios, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.
Cognate with Mariupol Greek и́люс (íljus).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi.ʎos/, /ˈi.li.os/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ή‧λιος
Noun
ήλιος • (ílios) m (plural ήλιοι)
- sun (star that the Earth orbits)
- Η Γη περιστρέφεται γύρω από τον Ήλιο.
- I Gi peristréfetai gýro apó ton Ílio.
- The Earth revolves around the Sun.
- (by extension) sunlight, daylight
- (by extension) sunny weather
- sun (any star orbited)
- (figuratively) sunflower
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ήλιος (ílios) | ήλιοι (ílioi) |
| genitive | ήλιου (íliou) ηλίου (ilíou) |
ήλιων (ílion) ηλίων (ilíon) |
| accusative | ήλιο (ílio) | ήλιους (ílious) ηλίους (ilíous) |
| vocative | ήλιε (ílie) | ήλιοι (ílioi) |
Second forms are formal. The paroxytone forms are colloquial, plural forms are rare.
Derived terms
- αλεξήλιο n (alexílio, “parasol”)
- ανήλιαγος (aníliagos, “sunless”, adjective)
- ανήλιαστος (aníliastos, “sunless”, adjective)
- ανήλιος (anílios, “sunless”, adjective)
- αντηλάρισμα n (antilárisma, “reflected sunlight”)
- αντηλιά f (antiliá, “sun glare”)
- αντηλιακός (antiliakós, “sunblocking”, adjective)
- αντήλιος (antílios, “refected sunlight”, adjective)
- ηλιάζω (iliázo, “to sunbathe, to dry in the sun”)
- ηλιακωτό n (iliakotó, “sunny spot, sun trap”)
- ηλίανθος m (ilíanthos, “sunflower”)
- ηλίαση f (ilíasi, “sunstroke”)
- ηλιαχτίδα f (iliachtída, “sunbeam”)
- ήλιο n (ílio, “helium”)
- ηλιοθεραπεία f (iliotherapeía, “sunbathing, sun therapy”)
- ηλιόλουστος (ilióloustos, “sunny”)
- ηλιόλουτρο n (ilióloutro, “sunbathing, sun therapy”)
- ηλιόφωτος (iliófotos, “sunny”)
- ηλιόχαρος (iliócharos, “sunny”)
- ηλιοψημένος (iliopsiménos, “suntanned”)
- λιάζω (liázo, “to sunbathe, to dry in the sun”)
- λιακάδα f (liakáda, “sunshine”)
- λιακωτό n (liakotó, “sunny spot, sun trap”)
Further reading
- Ήλιος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- ήλιος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language