Ἕλλην

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Μost probably a derivation of Ἑλλοί (Helloí) or Σελλοί (Selloí), the Greek inhabitants of the area around the sanctuary of Dodona (Δωδώνη (Dōdṓnē).[1] The ultimate origin is unknown, possibly Pre-Greek. Related to Ἑλλάς (Hellás).

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Noun

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Ἕλλην (Héllēnm (genitive Ἕλληνος); third declension

  1. Greek, one who is from Greece or speaks Greek.
    • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 82b:
      Σωκράτης: Ἕλλην μέν ἐστι καὶ ἑλληνίζει;
      Μένων: πάνυ γε σφόδρα, οἰκογενής γε.
      Sōkrátēs: Héllēn mén esti kaì hellēnízei?
      Ménōn: pánu ge sphódra, oikogenḗs ge.
      Socrates: He is a Greek, I suppose, and speaks Greek?
      Meno: Very much so, in fact home-bred.
  2. One who participates in Greek culture.
  3. Often used in Jewish and Christian literature as referring to any non-Jew: Gentile
    • Mark 7.26 :
      ἦν δὲ ἡ γυνὴ Ἑλληνίς Συροφοινίσσα τῷ γένει.
      ên dè hē gunḕ Hellēnís Surophoiníssa tôi génei.
      The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation.
  4. pagan

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Ἕλλην (Héllēnm (genitive Ἕλληνος); third declension

  1. Hellen, the mythical patriarch of the Greeks.

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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Greek

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Etymology

From Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn).

Noun

Ἕλλην (Héllēnm (plural Ἕλληνες)

  1. Katharevousa form of Έλληνας (Éllinas, Greek man)