Ἰλιάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ῑ̓́λῐον (Ī́lĭon) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́ς • (Īlĭắs) f (genitive Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. the Iliad
  2. the lands of Ilium or Troy; Troas; the Troad

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́ς; τῆς Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́ς
hē Īlĭắs
Genitive τῆς Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́δος
tês Īlĭắdos
Dative τῇ Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́δῐ
tēî Īlĭắdĭ
Accusative τὴν Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn Īlĭắdă
Vocative Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́ς
Īlĭắs
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.

Descendants

  • >? Greek: Ιλιάς (Iliás), Ιλιάδα f (Iliáda)
  • → English: Iliad
  • → Latin: Īlias f
  • → Turkish: İlyada

References

  • “Ἰλιάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Ἰλιάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
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