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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Folk etymology derives the name from Ancient Greek δεῦκος (deûkos), variation of γλεῦκος (gleûkos, “sweet new wine”), and ἁλιεύς (halieús, “sailor”), from ἅλς (háls).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deu̯.ka.lí.ɔːn/ → /ðeɸ.kaˈli.on/ → /ðef.kaˈli.on/
Proper noun
Δευκᾰλίων • (Deukalíōn) m (genitive Δευκᾰλίωνος); third declension
- Deucalion
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “Δευκαλίων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Δευκαλίων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “Δευκαλίων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008