Δευκαλίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Folk etymology derives the name from Ancient Greek δεῦκος (deûkos), variation of γλεῦκος (gleûkos, “sweet new wine”), and ἁλιεύς (halieús, “sailor”), from ἅλς (háls).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /deu̯.ka.lí.ɔːn/ → /ðeɸ.kaˈli.on/ → /ðef.kaˈli.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /deu̯.ka.lí.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dew.kaˈli.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðeɸ.kaˈli.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðef.kaˈli.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðef.kaˈli.on/

Proper noun

Δευκᾰλίων • (Deukalíōn) m (genitive Δευκᾰλίωνος); third declension

1. Deucalion

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Δευκᾰλίων; τοῦ Δευκᾰλίωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δευκᾰλίων ho Deukalíōn
Genitive	τοῦ Δευκᾰλίωνος toû Deukalíōnos
Dative	τῷ Δευκᾰλίωνῐ tôi Deukalíōni
Accusative	τὸν Δευκᾰλίωνᾰ tòn Deukalíōna
Vocative	Δευκᾰλίων Deukalíōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Δευκαλίων (Defkalíon); Δευκαλίωνας (Defkalíonas)
• → Latin: Deucaliōn

Further reading

• “Δευκαλίων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Δευκαλίων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Δευκαλίων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008