Ἑλλάς

See also: Ελλάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

See Ἕλλην (Héllēn).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἑλλᾰ́ς • (Hellắs) f (genitive Ἑλλᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. various areas in Greece, such as the region surrounding Dodona, Thessaly, Phthiotis, or Northern Greece
  2. Greece
  3. all lands inhabited by Greeks, including Ionia
  4. the Greek language

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Ἑλλᾰ́ς; τῆς Ἑλλᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἑλλᾰ́ς
hē Hellắs
Genitive τῆς Ἑλλᾰ́δος
tês Hellắdos
Dative τῇ Ἑλλᾰ́δῐ
tēî Hellắdĭ
Accusative τὴν Ἑλλᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn Hellắdă
Vocative Ἑλλᾰ́ς
Hellắs
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

  • Ἑλλᾰδῐκός (Hellădĭkós)

Descendants

  • Greek: Ελλάς (Ellás), Ελλάδα (Elláda)
    • → English: Ellada
    • → Macedonian: Ела́да (Eláda)
    • → Russian: Элла́да (Elláda)
  • Pontic Greek: Ελλάδαν (Elládan)
  • → Chinese: 希臘 / 希腊 (Xīlà) (see there for further descendants)
  • → English: Hellas
  • → German: Hellas
  • → Latin: Hellas

Further reading

References

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