ἔλαφος

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *éləpʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éln̥bʰos, from *h₁el- (“deer”). Compare ἐλλός (ellós, “young deer”), Lithuanian élnias (“deer, stag, hart”), Russian оле́нь (olénʹ, “deer”), Russian лось (losʹ, “elk”), Old Armenian եղն (ełn, “hind”).^[1]

ἔλᾰφος • (élăphos) m or f (genitive ἐλᾰ́φου); second declension

red deer (Cervus elaphus)
- Septuaginta, Psalm 42:
  ὃν τρόπον ἐπιποθεῖ ἡ ἔλαφος ἐπὶ τὰς πηγὰς τῶν ὑδάτων οὕτως ἐπιποθεῖ ἡ ψυχή μου πρὸς σέ ὁ θεός.
  hòn trópon epipotheî hē élaphos epì tàs pēgàs tôn hudátōn hoútōs epipotheî hē psukhḗ mou pròs sé ho theós.
  As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. (KJV)

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ ἔλᾰφος; τοῦ, τῆς ἐλᾰ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ ἔλᾰφος ho, hē élăphos	τὼ ἐλᾰ́φω tṑ elắphō	οἱ, αἱ ἔλᾰφοι hoi, hai élăphoi
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς ἐλᾰ́φου toû, tês elắphou	τοῖν ἐλᾰ́φοιν toîn elắphoin	τῶν ἐλᾰ́φων tôn elắphōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ ἐλᾰ́φῳ tōî, tēî elắphōi	τοῖν ἐλᾰ́φοιν toîn elắphoin	τοῖς, ταῖς ἐλᾰ́φοις toîs, taîs elắphois
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν ἔλᾰφον tòn, tḕn élăphon	τὼ ἐλᾰ́φω tṑ elắphō	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ἐλᾰ́φους toùs, tā̀s elắphous
Vocative	ἔλᾰφε élăphe	ἐλᾰ́φω elắphō	ἔλᾰφοι élăphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ἔλᾰφος; ἐλᾰ́φου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἔλᾰφος élăphos	ἐλᾰ́φω elắphō	ἔλᾰφοι élăphoi
Genitive	ἐλᾰ́φου / ἐλᾰφοῖο / ἐλᾰ́φοιο / ἐλᾰφόο / ἐλᾰ́φοο elắphou / elăphoîo / elắphoio / elăphóo / elắphoo	ἐλᾰ́φοιν / ἐλᾰ́φοιῐν elắphoi(ĭ)n	ἐλᾰ́φων elắphōn
Dative	ἐλᾰ́φῳ elắphōi	ἐλᾰ́φοιν / ἐλᾰ́φοιῐν elắphoi(ĭ)n	ἐλᾰ́φοισῐ / ἐλᾰ́φοισῐν / ἐλᾰ́φοις elắphoisĭ(n) / elắphois
Accusative	ἔλᾰφον élăphon	ἐλᾰ́φω elắphō	ἐλᾰ́φους elắphous
Vocative	ἔλᾰφε élăphe	ἐλᾰ́φω elắphō	ἔλᾰφοι élăphoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔλαφος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 402-3

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