The word ἀλκυών according to the dictionary

ἀλκυών

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Ancient Greek

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Kingfisher

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Alternative forms

ἁλκυών (halkuṓn)
αὐκυών (aukuṓn) — Cretan

Etymology

Unknown, apparently from Pre-Greek. The variant ἁλκυών (halkuṓn) arose by folk etymology as ἅλς (háls, “salt”) + κυέω (kuéō, “to conceive”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /al.ky.ɔ̌ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /al.kyˈon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /al.cyˈon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /al.cyˈon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /al.ciˈon/

Noun

ἀλκυών • (alkuṓn) f (genitive ἀλκυόνος); third declension

kingfisher, halcyon
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.562–564:
  οὕνεκ᾽ ἄρ᾽ αὐτῆς / μήτηρ ἀλκυόνος πολυπενθέος οἶτον ἔχουσα / κλαῖεν
  hoúnek’ ár’ autês / mḗtēr alkuónos polupenthéos oîton ékhousa / klaîen
  because her / mother, having the fate of the much-suffering kingfisher, / wept.

(Laconian) A divinity.

and a divinity among the Laconians]

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀλκῠών; τῆς ἀλκῠόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀλκῠών hē alkŭṓn	τὼ ἀλκῠόνε tṑ alkŭóne	αἱ ἀλκῠόνες hai alkŭónes
Genitive	τῆς ἀλκῠόνος tês alkŭónos	τοῖν ἀλκῠόνοιν toîn alkŭónoin	τῶν ἀλκῠόνων tôn alkŭónōn
Dative	τῇ ἀλκῠόνῐ têi alkŭónĭ	τοῖν ἀλκῠόνοιν toîn alkŭónoin	ταῖς ἀλκῠόσῐ / ἀλκῠόσῐν taîs alkŭósĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀλκῠόνᾰ tḕn alkŭónă	τὼ ἀλκῠόνε tṑ alkŭóne	τᾱ̀ς ἀλκῠόνᾰς tā̀s alkŭónăs
Vocative	ἀλκῠών alkŭṓn	ἀλκῠόνε alkŭóne	ἀλκῠόνες alkŭónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Classical Syriac: ܐܠܩܐܘܢ (/⁠ʾlqʾwn⁠/)
→ Latin: alcēdō, halcyōn (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Armenian: աղկիոն (ałkion), աղկիովն (ałkiovn)
→ Old Georgian: ალკჳონი (alḳwioni)
- Georgian: ალკუნი (alḳuni)
→ Old East Slavic: алкионъ (alkionŭ)

ἀλκυών

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