Σέλευκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Aeolian ζάλευκος (záleukos, “very white”) [with -ᾱ-!], from regular Attic δι⁽ά⁾-λευκός [with -ῐ-, -ᾰ-]

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Σέλευκος • (Séleukos) m (genitive Σελεύκου); second declension

  1. a male given name: Seleucus

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Σέλευκος; τοῦ Σελεύκου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Σέλευκος
ho Séleukos
Genitive τοῦ Σελεύκου
toû Seleúkou
Dative τῷ Σελεύκῳ
tôi Seleúkōi
Accusative τὸν Σέλευκον
tòn Séleukon
Vocative Σέλευκε
Séleuke
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: Σέλευκος (Sélefkos)
  • Latin: Seleucus
  • Old Armenian: Սեղեւկոս (Sełewkos), Սելեւկոս (Selewkos)

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025

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