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εἵλη

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *swelH- (to shine, warm, smoulder, burn) and cognate with English sweal, German schwelen (to smoulder), and Lithuanian svìlti (to grill).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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εἵλη (heílēf (genitive εἵλης); first declension

  1. the heat or warmth of the sun

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “εἵλη 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 385

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