Ἑκατομβαιών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ἑκᾰτόμβαῐᾰ (Hekătómbaĭă), a festival at which hecatombs were offered.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /he.ka.tom.bai̯.ɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e.ka.tom.bɛˈon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.ka.tom.bɛˈon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.ka.tom.beˈon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.ka.tom.beˈon/
Proper noun
Ἑκᾰτομβαῐών • (Hekătombaĭṓn) m (genitive Ἑκᾰτομβαῐῶνος); third declension
- Hecatombaeon: the first month of the Attic calendar, corresponding to the lunar term around July and August
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἑκᾰτομβαῐών ho Hekătombaĭṓn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἑκᾰτομβαῐῶνος toû Hekătombaĭônos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἑκᾰτομβαῐῶνῐ tōî Hekătombaĭônĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἑκᾰτομβαῐῶνᾰ tòn Hekătombaĭônă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἑκᾰτομβαῐών Hekătombaĭṓn | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Εκατομβαιών (Ekatomvaión), Εκατομβαιώνας (Ekatomvaiónas)
References
- “Ἑκατομβαιών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ἑκατομβαιών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Ἑκατομβαιών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)