Ἑλλήσποντος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἕλλης (Héllēs, “of Helle”, genitive of Ἕλλη (Héllē)) +‎ πόντος (póntos, “sea”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἑλλήσποντος • (Hellḗspontos) m (genitive Ἑλλησπόντου); second declension

  1. the Hellespont, later called the Dardanelles

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Ἑλλήσποντος; τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἑλλήσποντος
ho Hellḗspontos
Genitive τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου
toû Hellēspóntou
Dative τῷ Ἑλλησπόντῳ
tôi Hellēspóntōi
Accusative τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον
tòn Hellḗsponton
Vocative Ἑλλήσποντε
Hellḗsponte
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Ἑλλησπόντιος (Hellēspóntios)
  • Ἑλλησποντικός (Hellēspontikós)
  • Ἑλλησποντίς (Hellēspontís)

Descendants
  • Greek: Ελλήσποντος (Ellíspontos)
  • → Latin: Hellespontus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
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