Ἥλιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the noun ἥλῐος (hḗlios, “sun”).

Pronunciation
 
  • Hyphenation: Ἥ‧λι‧ος

Proper noun

Ἥλῐος • (Hḗlios) m (genitive Ἡλῐ́ου); second declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Helios

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Ἥλῐος; τοῦ Ἡλῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἥλῐος
ho Hḗlios
Genitive τοῦ Ἡλῐ́ου
toû Hēlíou
Dative τῷ Ἡλῐ́ῳ
tôi Hēlíōi
Accusative τὸν Ἥλῐον
tòn Hḗlion
Vocative Ἥλῐε
Hḗlie
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → English: Helios
  • → French: Hélios
  • Greek: Ήλιος (Ílios)
  • → Italian: Elio
  • → Latin: Helius
  • → Russian: Ге́лиос (Gélios)
  • → Turkish: Helios
  • Albanian: Ëlli

Further reading
  • Ἥλιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • Ἥλιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
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