ἔταλον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἔτελον (ételon)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wét-os, from *wet- (“year”). Cognate with Latin vitulus.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.ta.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.ta.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.ta.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.ta.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.ta.lon/
Noun
ἔταλον • (étalon) n (genitive ἐτάλου); second declension
- a young animal; yearling
- Del., 644 18
- Aegae, IV-III
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἔταλον tò étalon |
τὼ ἐτάλω tṑ etálō |
τᾰ̀ ἔταλᾰ tằ étală | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐτάλου toû etálou |
τοῖν ἐτάλοιν toîn etáloin |
τῶν ἐτάλων tôn etálōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐτάλῳ tōî etálōi |
τοῖν ἐτάλοιν toîn etáloin |
τοῖς ἐτάλοις toîs etálois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἔταλον tò étalon |
τὼ ἐτάλω tṑ etálō |
τᾰ̀ ἔταλᾰ tằ étală | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἔταλον étalon |
ἐτάλω etálō |
ἔταλᾰ étală | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ἔτος (étos)
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔταλον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 474