Ἕλλην
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See also: Έλλην
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Μost probably a derivation of Ἑλλοί (Helloí) or Σελλοί (Selloí), the Greek inhabitants of the area around the sanctuary of Dodona (Δωδώνη (Dōdṓnē).[1] The ultimate origin is unknown, possibly Pre-Greek. Related to Ἑλλάς (Hellás).
More at Hellenes.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hél.lɛːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)el.le̝n/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈel.lin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈel.lin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.lin/
Noun
Ἕλλην • (Héllēn) m (genitive Ἕλληνος); third declension
- Greek, one who is from Greece or speaks Greek.
- One who participates in Greek culture.
- Often used in Jewish and Christian literature as referring to any non-Jew: Gentile
- Mark 7.26 :
- ἦν δὲ ἡ γυνὴ Ἑλληνίς Συροφοινίσσα τῷ γένει.
- ên dè hē gunḕ Hellēnís Surophoiníssa tôi génei.
- The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation.
- ἦν δὲ ἡ γυνὴ Ἑλληνίς Συροφοινίσσα τῷ γένει.
- pagan
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Ἕλλην ho Héllēn |
τὼ Ἕλληνε tṑ Héllēne |
οἱ Ἕλληνες hoi Héllēnes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἕλληνος toû Héllēnos |
τοῖν Ἑλλήνοιν toîn Hellḗnoin |
τῶν Ἑλλήνων tôn Hellḗnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἕλληνῐ tôi Héllēni |
τοῖν Ἑλλήνοιν toîn Hellḗnoin |
τοῖς Ἕλλησῐ / Ἕλλησῐν toîs Héllēsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἕλληνᾰ tòn Héllēna |
τὼ Ἕλληνε tṑ Héllēne |
τοὺς Ἕλληνᾰς toùs Héllēnas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἕλλην Héllēn |
Ἕλληνε Héllēne |
Ἕλληνες Héllēnes | ||||||||||
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Proper noun
Ἕλλην • (Héllēn) m (genitive Ἕλληνος); third declension
Declension
Derived terms
- Ἑλληνάρχης (Hellēnárkhēs)
- Ἑλληνίζω (Hellēnízō)
- Ἑλληνικός (Hellēnikós)
- Ἑλλάνιος (Hellánios)
- Ἑλλανίς (Hellanís)
- Ἑλλανισμός (Hellanismós)
- Ἑλλανιστί (Hellanistí)
- Ἑλληνογαλάται (Hellēnogalátai)
- Ἑλληνοδίκαι (Hellēnodíkai)
- Ἑλληνίς (Hellēnís)
Coordinate terms
Descendants
- Greek: Έλλην (Éllin)
- → English: Hellen (proper noun), Hellene (noun) (learned)
- → Old Church Slavonic: єллинъ (ellinŭ), єлинъ (elinŭ) (learned)
- → Latin: Hellēn
- → Old Georgian: ელინი (elini)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading
- “Ἕλλην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἕλλην”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Ἕλλην in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G1672 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, pages 1,011, 1,012
- Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN
Greek
Alternative forms
- Έλλην (Éllin)
Etymology
From Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn).
Noun
Ἕλλην • (Héllēn) m (plural Ἕλληνες)
- Katharevousa form of Έλληνας (Éllinas, “Greek man”)