εἵλη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἕλη (hélē)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to shine, warm, smoulder, burn”) and cognate with English sweal, German schwelen (“to smoulder”) and Lithuanian svìlti (“to grill”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hěː.lɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)i.le̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.li/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.li/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.li/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ εἵλη hē heílē |
τὼ εἵλᾱ tṑ heílā |
αἱ εἷλαι hai heîlai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς εἵλης tês heílēs |
τοῖν εἵλαιν toîn heílain |
τῶν εἱλῶν tôn heilôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ εἵλῃ têi heílēi |
τοῖν εἵλαιν toîn heílain |
ταῖς εἵλαις taîs heílais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν εἵλην tḕn heílēn |
τὼ εἵλᾱ tṑ heílā |
τᾱ̀ς εἵλᾱς tā̀s heílās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | εἵλη heílē |
εἵλᾱ heílā |
εἷλαι heîlai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἄειλος (áeilos)
- εἱλέω (heiléō)
- εἱληθερέω (heilētheréō)
- εἱληθερής (heilētherḗs)
- εὔειλος (eúeilos)
- πρόσειλος (próseilos)
Further reading
- “εἵλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- εἵλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- εἵλη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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