αλκυονίδες

See also: ἀλκυονίδες

Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.ci.oˈni.ðes/
  • Hyphenation: αλ‧κυ‧ο‧νί‧δες

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἀλκυονίδες (alkuonídes), substantivised plural of ἀλκυονίς (alkuonís) by ellipsis of ἡμέραι (hēmérai, “days”).[1][2]

Noun

αλκυονίδες • (alkyonídes) f pl

  1. ellipsis of αλκυονίδες ημέρες (alkyonídes iméres, “hot winter days, halcyon days”) by ellipsis of ημέρες (iméres, “days”)
Declension

Also, less frequent singular: αλκυονίδα (alkyonída) by ellipsis of ημέρα (iméra, “day”)

Declension of αλκυονίδες
plural
nominative αλκυονίδες (alkyonídes)
genitive αλκυονίδων (alkyonídon)
accusative αλκυονίδες (alkyonídes)
vocative αλκυονίδες (alkyonídes)

Etymology 2

Inflectional form.

Noun

αλκυονίδες • (alkyonídes) f

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of αλκυονίδα (alkyonída)

References

  1. ^ αλκυονίδες, αλκυονίδα - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only (abbreviations)], Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ αλκυονίδες, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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