αἰσάλων
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- αἰσᾰ́ρων (aisắrōn)
Etymology
Furnée suggests a Pre-Greek origin in view of the variation λ/ρ.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.sá.lɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛˈsa.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛˈsa.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈsa.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈsa.lon/
Noun
αἰσᾰ́λων • (aisắlōn) m (genitive αἰσᾰ́λωνος); third declension
- kind of hawk mentioned by Aristotle, perhaps the Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata) or the merlin (Falco columbarius)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ αἰσᾰ́λων ho aisắlōn |
τὼ αἰσᾰ́λωνε tṑ aisắlōne |
οἱ αἰσᾰ́λωνες hoi aisắlōnes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ αἰσᾰ́λωνος toû aisắlōnos |
τοῖν αἰσᾰλώνοιν toîn aisălṓnoin |
τῶν αἰσᾰλώνων tôn aisălṓnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ αἰσᾰ́λωνῐ tōî aisắlōnĭ |
τοῖν αἰσᾰλώνοιν toîn aisălṓnoin |
τοῖς αἰσᾰ́λωσῐ / αἰσᾰ́λωσῐν toîs aisắlōsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν αἰσᾰ́λωνᾰ tòn aisắlōnă |
τὼ αἰσᾰ́λωνε tṑ aisắlōne |
τοὺς αἰσᾰ́λωνᾰς toùs aisắlōnăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | αἰσᾰ́λων aisắlōn |
αἰσᾰ́λωνε aisắlōne |
αἰσᾰ́λωνες aisắlōnes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “αἰσάλων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- αἰσάλων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰσάλων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αἰσάλων”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43