From Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-nó-s, from *h₁el- (“deer”). Compare ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”), Lithuanian elnias (“deer, stag, hart”), Russian оле́нь (olénʹ, “deer”), Russian лось (losʹ, “elk”), Old Armenian եղն (ełn, “hind”).
ἐλλός • (ellós) m (genitive ἐλλοῦ); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ ἐλλός ho ellós |
τὼ ἐλλώ tṑ ellṓ |
οἱ ἐλλοί hoi elloí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐλλοῦ toû elloû |
τοῖν ἐλλοῖν toîn elloîn |
τῶν ἐλλῶν tôn ellôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐλλῷ tôi ellôi |
τοῖν ἐλλοῖν toîn elloîn |
τοῖς ἐλλοῖς toîs elloîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἐλλόν tòn ellón |
τὼ ἐλλώ tṑ ellṓ |
τοὺς ἐλλούς toùs elloús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐλλέ ellé |
ἐλλώ ellṓ |
ἐλλοί elloí | ||||||||||
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