Σέλευκος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably from Aeolian ζάλευκος (záleukos, “very white”) , from regular Attic δι⁽ά⁾-λευκός
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sé.leu̯.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈse.lew.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈse.leɸ.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈse.lef.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈse.lef.kos/
Proper noun
Σέλευκος • (Séleukos) m (genitive Σελεύκου); second declension
- a male given name: Seleucus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Σέλευκος ho Séleukos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Σελεύκου toû Seleúkou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Σελεύκῳ tôi Seleúkōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Σέλευκον tòn Séleukon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σέλευκε Séleuke | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Σελεύκειᾰ (Seleúkeia)
- Σελεύκειος (Seleúkeios)
- Σελευκεύς (Seleukeús)
- Σελευκῐ́δης (Seleukídēs)
- Σελευκῐ́ς (Seleukís)
- σελευκῐ́ζω (seleukízō)
Descendants
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
