ἕλος

See also: έλος and Ἕλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hélos, from Proto-Indo-European *sélos ~ *séles- (marsh). Cognate with Sanskrit सरस् (sáras) and perhaps Old Armenian եղտիւր (ełtiwr).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἕλος • (hélos) n (genitive ἕλεος or ἕλους); third declension

  1. marsh-meadow
    1. (generally) marshy ground, marsh, bog
  2. backwater

Declension

Derived terms

  • Ἑλεία (Heleía)
  • ἑλειοβᾰ́της (heleiobátēs)
  • ἑλειογενής (heleiogenḗs)
  • ἑλειοδίακτος (heleiodíaktos)
  • ἑλειομαλάχη (heleiomalákhē)
  • ἕλειον (héleion)
  • ἑλειονόμος (heleionómos)
  • ἑλειόρριζον (heleiórrhizon)
  • ἕλειος (héleios)
  • ἑλειοσέλῑνον (heleiosélīnon)
  • ἑλειότροφος (heleiótrophos)
  • ἑλειόχρῡσος (heleiókhrūsos)
  • ἑλεόθρεπτος (heleóthreptos)
  • ἑλεορέω (heleoréō)
  • ἑλεοσέλῑνον (heleosélīnon)
  • ἑλεσμίδας (helesmídas)
  • ἑλίχρῡσος (helíkhrūsos)
  • Ἕλος (Hélos)

Descendants

  • Translingual: Elodea
  • English: helophyte
  • Greek: έλος (élos)
  • Coptic: ϩⲉⲗⲟⲥ (helos)

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 415
  2. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 253
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