Ἰλισός
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
The suffix -ῑσο- is found in other river names, like Κηφισός (Kēphisós) and Πάμισος (Pámisos), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /iː.liː.sós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.liˈsos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.liˈsos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.liˈsos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.liˈsos/
Proper noun
Ῑ̓λῑσός • (Īlīsós) m (genitive Ῑ̓λῑσοῦ); second declension
- the river Ilissos
Inflection
Descendants
References
- “Ἰλισός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013