Ἑλληνισμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “Greek”) + -ισμός (-ismós, abstract noun suffix): literally, “Greekism”.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hel.lɛː.niz.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)el.le̝.nizˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /el.li.nizˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /el.li.nizˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.li.nizˈmos/
Noun
Ἑλληνισμός • (Hellēnismós) m (genitive Ἑλληνισμοῦ); third declension
- imitation of the Greeks: Hellenism
- paganism
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Ἑλληνισμός ho Hellēnismós |
τὼ Ἑλληνισμώ tṑ Hellēnismṓ |
οἱ Ἑλληνισμοί hoi Hellēnismoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἑλληνισμοῦ toû Hellēnismoû |
τοῖν Ἑλληνισμοῖν toîn Hellēnismoîn |
τῶν Ἑλληνισμῶν tôn Hellēnismôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἑλληνισμῷ tōî Hellēnismōî |
τοῖν Ἑλληνισμοῖν toîn Hellēnismoîn |
τοῖς Ἑλληνισμοῖς toîs Hellēnismoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἑλληνισμόν tòn Hellēnismón |
τὼ Ἑλληνισμώ tṑ Hellēnismṓ |
τοὺς Ἑλληνισμούς toùs Hellēnismoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἑλληνισμέ Hellēnismé |
Ἑλληνισμώ Hellēnismṓ |
Ἑλληνισμοί Hellēnismoí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: Hellēnismus
- English: Hellenism
References
- “Ἑλληνισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ἑλληνισμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Ἑλληνισμός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011