εἰλεός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἰλεός (ileós)

Etymology

From εἰλέω (eiléō), εἴλω (eílō, “to shut in”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.le.ós/ → /i.leˈos/ → /i.leˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.le.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.leˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.leˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.leˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.leˈos/

Noun

εἰλεός • (eileós) m (genitive εἰλεοῦ); second declension

1. (anatomy) intestinal obstruction, ileus
2. den, hole
3. Alternative form of ἐλεός (eleós, “butcher's block”)
4. a kind of vine

Declension

Second declension of ὁ εἰλεός; τοῦ εἰλεοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ εἰλεός ho eileós	τὼ εἰλεώ tṑ eileṓ	οἱ εἰλεοί hoi eileoí
Genitive	τοῦ εἰλεοῦ toû eileoû	τοῖν εἰλεοῖν toîn eileoîn	τῶν εἰλεῶν tôn eileôn
Dative	τῷ εἰλεῷ tôi eileôi	τοῖν εἰλεοῖν toîn eileoîn	τοῖς εἰλεοῖς toîs eileoîs
Accusative	τὸν εἰλεόν tòn eileón	τὼ εἰλεώ tṑ eileṓ	τοὺς εἰλεούς toùs eileoús
Vocative	εἰλεέ eileé	εἰλεώ eileṓ	εἰλεοί eileoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• χορδαψός (khordapsós)

Derived terms

• εἰλεός ἰκτερώδης (eileós ikterṓdēs, “jaundice”)
• εἰλεός αἱματίτης (eileós haimatítēs, “scurvy”)

Descendants

• Greek: ειλεός (eileós)
• →? Latin: īle (or from a related word?) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “εἰλεός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• εἰλεός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)