βηλός

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”), the same root of βαίνω (baínō, “to go, step”).

βηλός • (bēlós) m (genitive βηλοῦ); second declension

Second declension of ὁ βηλός; τοῦ βηλοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βηλός ho bēlós	τὼ βηλώ tṑ bēlṓ	οἱ βηλοί hoi bēloí
Genitive	τοῦ βηλοῦ toû bēloû	τοῖν βηλοῖν toîn bēloîn	τῶν βηλῶν tôn bēlôn
Dative	τῷ βηλῷ tōî bēlōî	τοῖν βηλοῖν toîn bēloîn	τοῖς βηλοῖς toîs bēloîs
Accusative	τὸν βηλόν tòn bēlón	τὼ βηλώ tṑ bēlṓ	τοὺς βηλούς toùs bēloús
Vocative	βηλέ bēlé	βηλώ bēlṓ	βηλοί bēloí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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