ἁλκυονίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἁλκυών (halkuṓn) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hal.ky.o.nís/ → /al.cy.oˈnis/ → /al.ci.oˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hal.ky.o.nís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)al.ky.oˈnis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /al.cy.oˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /al.cy.oˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /al.ci.oˈnis/

Noun

ἁλκυονίς • (halkuonís) f (genitive ἁλκυονίδος); third declension

1. Attic form of ἀλκυονίς (alkuonís)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἁλκυονῐ́ς; τῆς ἁλκυονῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἁλκυονῐ́ς hē halkuonĭ́s	τὼ ἁλκυονῐ́δε tṑ halkuonĭ́de	αἱ ἁλκυονῐ́δες hai halkuonĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ἁλκυονῐ́δος tês halkuonĭ́dos	τοῖν ἁλκυονῐ́δοιν toîn halkuonĭ́doin	τῶν ἁλκυονῐ́δων tôn halkuonĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἁλκυονῐ́δῐ têi halkuonĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ἁλκυονῐ́δοιν toîn halkuonĭ́doin	ταῖς ἁλκυονῐ́σῐ / ἁλκυονῐ́σῐν taîs halkuonĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἁλκυονῐ́δᾰ tḕn halkuonĭ́dă	τὼ ἁλκυονῐ́δε tṑ halkuonĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ἁλκυονῐ́δᾰς tā̀s halkuonĭ́dăs
Vocative	ἁλκυονῐ́ς halkuonĭ́s	ἁλκυονῐ́δε halkuonĭ́de	ἁλκυονῐ́δες halkuonĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Adjective

ἁλκυονίς • (halkuonís) m or f (neuter ἁλκυονίδος); third declension

1. Attic form of ἀλκυονίς (alkuonís)
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 542b:

     διὸ καὶ καλοῦνται, ὅταν εὐδιειναὶ γένωνται αἱ τροπαί, ἁλκυονίδες ἡμέραι ἑπτὰ μὲν πρὸ τροπῶν, ἑπτὰ δὲ μετὰ τροπάς

     diò kaì kaloûntai, hótan eudieinaì génōntai hai tropaí, halkuonídes hēmérai heptà mèn prò tropôn, heptà dè metà tropás

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἁλκυονῐ́ς; τῆς ἁλκυονῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἁλκυονῐ́ς hē halkuonĭ́s	τὼ ἁλκυονῐ́δε tṑ halkuonĭ́de	αἱ ἁλκυονῐ́δες hai halkuonĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ἁλκυονῐ́δος tês halkuonĭ́dos	τοῖν ἁλκυονῐ́δοιν toîn halkuonĭ́doin	τῶν ἁλκυονῐ́δων tôn halkuonĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἁλκυονῐ́δῐ têi halkuonĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ἁλκυονῐ́δοιν toîn halkuonĭ́doin	ταῖς ἁλκυονῐ́σῐ / ἁλκυονῐ́σῐν taîs halkuonĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἁλκυονῐ́δᾰ tḕn halkuonĭ́dă	τὼ ἁλκυονῐ́δε tṑ halkuonĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ἁλκυονῐ́δᾰς tā̀s halkuonĭ́dăs
Vocative	ἁλκυονῐ́ς halkuonĭ́s	ἁλκυονῐ́δε halkuonĭ́de	ἁλκυονῐ́δες halkuonĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Related terms

• ἁλκυόνιον (halkuónion)
• ἁλκυονίδες (halkuonídes)

References

• ἁλκυονίς, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011