ἵλεως
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Variant of ῑ̔́λαος (hī́laos, “auspicious, favorable”) formed after the pattern νᾱός (nāós) : νεώς (neṓs), λᾱός (lāós) : λεώς (leṓs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hǐː.le.ɔːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)i.le.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.le.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.le.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.le.os/
Adjective
ῑ̔́λεως • (hī́leōs) m or f (neuter ῑ̔́λεων); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ῑ̔́λεως hī́leōs |
ῑ̔́λεων hī́leōn |
ῑ̔́λεω hī́leō |
ῑ̔́λεω hī́leō |
ῑ̔́λεῳ hī́leōi |
ῑ̔́λεᾰ hī́leă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ῑ̔́λεω hī́leō |
ῑ̔́λεω hī́leō |
ῑ̔́λεῳν hī́leōin |
ῑ̔́λεῳν hī́leōin |
ῑ̔́λεων hī́leōn |
ῑ̔́λεων hī́leōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ῑ̔́λεῳ hī́leōi |
ῑ̔́λεῳ hī́leōi |
ῑ̔́λεῳν hī́leōin |
ῑ̔́λεῳν hī́leōin |
ῑ̔́λεῳς hī́leōis |
ῑ̔́λεῳς hī́leōis | ||||||||
| Accusative | ῑ̔́λεω / ῑ̔́λεων hī́leō(n) |
ῑ̔́λεων hī́leōn |
ῑ̔́λεω hī́leō |
ῑ̔́λεω hī́leō |
ῑ̔́λεως hī́leōs |
ῑ̔́λεᾰ hī́leă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ῑ̔́λεως hī́leōs |
ῑ̔́λεων hī́leōn |
ῑ̔́λεω hī́leō |
ῑ̔́λεω hī́leō |
ῑ̔́λεῳ hī́leōi |
ῑ̔́λεᾰ hī́leă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ῑ̔́λεως hī́leōs |
ῑ̔λεώτερος hīleṓteros |
ῑ̔λεώτᾰτος hīleṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- auspicious idem, page 53.
- favourable idem, page 311.
- friendly idem, page 345.
- gracious idem, page 368.
- placable idem, page 615.
- propitious idem, page 653.