ἕλωρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἑλεῖν (heleîn, “to seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“to take, grasp”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hé.lɔːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)e.lor/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.lor/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.lor/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.lor/
Noun
ἕλωρ • (hélōr) n (genitive ἕλωρος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἕλωρ hélōr |
ἕλωρε hélōre |
ἕλωρᾰ hélōră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | ἕλωρος hélōros |
ἑλώροιν / ἑλώροιῐν helṓroi(ĭ)n |
ἑλώρων helṓrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | ἕλωρῐ hélōrĭ |
ἑλώροιν / ἑλώροιῐν helṓroi(ĭ)n |
ἕλωρσῐ / ἕλωρσῐν / ἑλώρεσσῐ / ἑλώρεσσῐν / ἑλώρεσῐ / ἑλώρεσῐν hélōrsĭ(n) / helṓressĭ(n) / helṓresĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | ἕλωρ hélōr |
ἕλωρε hélōre |
ἕλωρᾰ hélōră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἕλωρ hélōr |
ἕλωρε hélōre |
ἕλωρᾰ hélōră | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἑλώριον (helṓrion)
Further reading
- “ἕλωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἕλωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἕλωρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἕλωρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “ἕλωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.