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

	singular	plural
nominative	αλκυονίδα (alkyonída)	αλκυονίδες (alkyonídes)
genitive	αλκυονίδας (alkyonídas)	αλκυονίδων (alkyonídon)
accusative	αλκυονίδα (alkyonída)	αλκυονίδες (alkyonídes)
vocative	αλκυονίδα (alkyonída)	αλκυονίδες (alkyonídes)

Related terms

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

Further reading

• αλκυονίδα, αλκυονίδες - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only (abbreviations)], 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