ήλιος

See also: Ήλιος, ἥλιος, and Ἥλιος

Greek

Alternative forms

Ήλιος (Ílios)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun, sunlight”), from Proto-Hellenic *hāwélios, from a pre-Hellenic or later Proto-Indo-European *sāwélios, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

Cognate with Mariupol Greek и́люс (íljus).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈi.ʎos/, /ˈi.li.os/
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Hyphenation: ή‧λιος

Noun

ήλιος • (ílios) m (plural ήλιοι)

sun (star that the Earth orbits)
Η Γη περιστρέφεται γύρω από τον Ήλιο.
I Gi peristréfetai gýro apó ton Ílio.
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
(by extension) sunlight, daylight
(by extension) sunny weather
sun (any star orbited)
(figuratively) sunflower

Declension

declension of ήλιος

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	ήλιος •	ήλιοι •
genitive	ήλιου •, ηλίου •	ήλιων •, ηλίων •
accusative	ήλιο •	ήλιους •, ηλίους •
vocative	ήλιε •	ήλιοι •
Second forms are formal. The paroxytone forms are colloquial, plural forms are rare.

Derived terms

αλεξήλιο n (alexílio, “parasol”)
ανήλιαγος (aníliagos, “sunless”, adjective)
ανήλιαστος (aníliastos, “sunless”, adjective)
ανήλιος (anílios, “sunless”, adjective)
αντηλάρισμα n (antilárisma, “reflected sunlight”)
αντηλιά f (antiliá, “sun glare”)
αντηλιακός (antiliakós, “sunblocking”, adjective)
αντήλιος (antílios, “refected sunlight”, adjective)
ηλιάζω (iliázo, “to sunbathe, to dry in the sun”)
ηλιακωτό n (iliakotó, “sunny spot, sun trap”)
ηλίανθος m (ilíanthos, “sunflower”)
ηλίαση f (ilíasi, “sunstroke”)
ηλιαχτίδα f (iliachtída, “sunbeam”)
ήλιο n (ílio, “helium”)
ηλιοθεραπεία f (iliotherapeía, “sunbathing, sun therapy”)
ηλιόλουστος (ilióloustos, “sunny”)
ηλιόλουτρο n (ilióloutro, “sunbathing, sun therapy”)
ηλιόφωτος (iliófotos, “sunny”)
ηλιόχαρος (iliócharos, “sunny”)
ηλιοψημένος (iliopsiménos, “suntanned”)
λιάζω (liázo, “to sunbathe, to dry in the sun”)
λιακάδα f (liakáda, “sunshine”)
λιακωτό n (liakotó, “sunny spot, sun trap”)

Further reading

Ήλιος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
ήλιος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

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