αλκυονίδα

See also: ἀλκυονίδα

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἀλκῠονίς f (alkuonís, “of halcyon”) from the accusative singurlar "τὴν ἀλκῠονίδα" (tḕn alkuonída).
By ellipsis of ημέρα f (iméra, “day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ci.oˈni.ða/
• Hyphenation: αλ‧κυ‧ο‧νί‧δα

Noun

αλκυονίδα • (alkyonída) f (plural αλκυονίδες)

1. a halcyon day (hot winter day), singular of αλκυονίδες (alkyonídes), elliptical form of αλκυονίδες ημέρες (alkyonídes iméres)

Declension

Declension of αλκυονίδα

	singular	plural
nominative	αλκυονίδα •	αλκυονίδες •
genitive	αλκυονίδας •	αλκυονίδων •
accusative	αλκυονίδα •	αλκυονίδες •
vocative	αλκυονίδα •	αλκυονίδες •

Related terms

• αλκυόνα f (alkyóna, “kingfisher, halcyon”)

Further reading

• αλκυονίδα, αλκυονίδες - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary, Centre for the Greek language
• αλκυονίδες, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language