εἵλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἕλη (hélē)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swelH- (“to shine, warm, smoulder, burn”) and cognate with English sweal, German schwelen (“to smoulder”), and Lithuanian svi̇̀lti (“to grill”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

εἵλη • (heílē) f (genitive εἵλης); first declension

  1. the heat or warmth of the sun

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εἵλη; τῆς εἵλης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ εἵλη
hē heílē 		τὼ εἵλᾱ
tṑ heílā 		αἱ εἷλαι
hai heîlai
Genitive τῆς εἵλης
tês heílēs 		τοῖν εἵλαιν
toîn heílain 		τῶν εἱλῶν
tôn heilôn
Dative τῇ εἵλῃ
tēî heílēi 		τοῖν εἵλαιν
toîn heílain 		ταῖς εἵλαις
taîs heílais
Accusative τὴν εἵλην
tḕn heílēn 		τὼ εἵλᾱ
tṑ heílā 		τᾱ̀ς εἵλᾱς
tā̀s heílās
Vocative εἵλη
heílē 		εἵλᾱ
heílā 		εἷλαι
heîlai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἄειλος (áeilos)
  • εἱλέω (heiléō)
  • εἱληθερέω (heilētheréō)
  • εἱληθερής (heilētherḗs)
  • εὔειλος (eúeilos)
  • πρόσειλος (próseilos)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “εἵλη 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 385

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