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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“to take, grasp”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hé.lɔːr/ → /ˈe.lor/ → /ˈe.lor/
Noun
ἕλωρ • (hélōr) n (genitive ἕλωρος); third declension
- (chiefly Epic) prey; spoil, plunder
- Synonyms: λᾰ́φῡρᾰ (láphūra), σκῦλᾰ (skûla)
Declension
Further reading
- “ἕλωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἕλωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἕλωρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἕλωρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἕλωρ”, 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.