Ἑλένη
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Most likely from Proto-Hellenic *Ηwelénā, from a pre-Hellenic or late Proto-Indo-European *Swelénā (a solar deity), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to shine, warm, smoulder, burn”). In that case, related to εἵλη (heílē, “sunshine, sun's heat”) and unrelated to ἑλένη (helénē), σέλας (sélas) or σελήνη (selḗnē).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /he.lé.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)eˈle.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈle.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈle.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈle.ni/
Proper noun
Ἑλένη • (Helénē) f (genitive Ἑλένης); first declension
- (Greek mythology) Helen, a goddess worshipped in Laconia and Rhodes.
- (Greek mythology) Helen, the daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.
- a female given name, equivalent to English Helen
Inflection
Derived terms
- Ἕλενος (Hélenos)
- Ἑλενόπολῐς (Helenópolis)
Descendants
Descendants
References
- ^ West, M. L. (2007) Indo-European Poetry and Myth, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 230–232 (link to text)
Further reading
- “Ἑλένη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἑλένη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012