Ἑλένη

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See also: ἑλένη and Ελένη

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *Ηwelénā, from a pre-Hellenic or later Proto-Indo-European *Swelénā (a solar deity), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to shine, warm, smoulder, burn”). Related to εἵλη (heílē, “sunshine, sun's heat”). Unrelated to ἑλένη (helénē), σέλας (sélas) or σελήνη (selḗnē).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἑλένη • (Helénē) f (genitive Ἑλένης); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Helen, a goddess worshipped in Laconia and Rhodes.
  2. (Greek mythology) Helen, the daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.
  3. a female given name, equivalent to English Helen

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἑλένη; τῆς Ἑλένης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἑλένη
hē Helénē
Genitive τῆς Ἑλένης
tês Helénēs
Dative τῇ Ἑλένῃ
têi Helénēi
Accusative τὴν Ἑλένην
tḕn Helénēn
Vocative Ἑλένη
Helénē
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Descendants

Descendants

References

  1. ^ M. L. West, Indo-European Poetry and Myth (Oxford University Press, 2007), 230-232

Further reading

  • “Ἑλένη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Ἑλένη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012
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