ἁλιάετος

See also: αλιάετος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̔λῐαίετος (hălĭaíetos) — poetic

Etymology

From ᾰ̔́λς (hắls, “salt, sea”) +‎ ᾱ̓ετός (āetós, “eagle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ha.li.ǎː.e.tos/ → /a.liˈa.e.tos/ → /a.liˈa.e.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ha.li.ǎː.e.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)a.liˈa.e.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.liˈa.e.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.liˈa.e.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.liˈa.e.tos/

Noun

ᾰ̔λῐᾱ́ετος • (hălĭā́etos) m (genitive ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτου); second declension

1. uncertain: probably osprey (Pandion haliaetus) or white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ᾰ̔λῐᾱ́ετος; τοῦ ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̔λῐᾱ́ετος ho hălĭā́etos	τὼ ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτω tṑ hălĭāétō	οἱ ᾰ̔λῐᾱ́ετοι hoi hălĭā́etoi
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτου toû hălĭāétou	τοῖν ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτοιν toîn hălĭāétoin	τῶν ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτων tôn hălĭāétōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτῳ tôi hălĭāétōi	τοῖν ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτοιν toîn hălĭāétoin	τοῖς ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτοις toîs hălĭāétois
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̔λῐᾱ́ετον tòn hălĭā́eton	τὼ ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτω tṑ hălĭāétō	τοὺς ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτους toùs hălĭāétous
Vocative	ᾰ̔λῐᾱ́ετε hălĭā́ete	ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτω hălĭāétō	ᾰ̔λῐᾱ́ετοι hălĭā́etoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: haliaeetus
• Translingual: haliaetus

Further reading

• “ἁλιάετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἁλιάετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἁλιάετος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἁλιάετος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • eagle idem, page 258.
  • osprey idem, page 580.