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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛː.é.li.os/ → /iˈe.li.os/ → /iˈe.li.os/
Noun
ἠέλῐος • (ēélios) m (genitive ἠελῐ́ου); second declension
- Epic and Ionic form of ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”)
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Iliad 1.475:
- Ἦμος δ’ ἠέλιος κατέδῡ καὶ ἐπὶ κνέφας ἦλθε,
- Êmos d’ ēélios katédū kaì epì knéphas êlthe,
- And when the sun sank down and dusk came on,
460 BCE – 370 BCE,
Hippocrates,
On Nutriments 42:
- ἐς τύπωσιν λε’ ἠέλιοι
- es túpōsin le’ ēélioi
- Translation by W. H. S. Jones
- For formation, thirty-five days
Inflection
References
- “ἠέλιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἠέλιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963