ἐλεός

See also: ἔλεος, and έλεος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Technical word without etymology.

Alternative forms

• ἐλεόν (eleón)

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

ἐλεός • (eleós) m (genitive ἐλεοῦ); second declension

1. kitchen table
2. dresser

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἐλεός; τοῦ ἐλεοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐλεός ho eleós	τὼ ἐλεώ tṑ eleṓ	οἱ ἐλεοί hoi eleoí
Genitive	τοῦ ἐλεοῦ toû eleoû	τοῖν ἐλεοῖν toîn eleoîn	τῶν ἐλεῶν tôn eleôn
Dative	τῷ ἐλεῷ tôi eleôi	τοῖν ἐλεοῖν toîn eleoîn	τοῖς ἐλεοῖς toîs eleoîs
Accusative	τὸν ἐλεόν tòn eleón	τὼ ἐλεώ tṑ eleṓ	τοὺς ἐλεούς toùs eleoús
Vocative	ἐλεέ eleé	ἐλεώ eleṓ	ἐλεοί eleoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐλέατρος (eléatros)
• ἐλεοδύτης (eleodútēs)

 

Etymology 2

Unexplained but possibly onomatopoeic. Compare Latin ulula (“tawny owl”), ἐλελεῦ (eleleû, “cry of pain”) and ὀλολύζω (ololúzō, “to cry aloud”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

ἐλεός • (eleós) m (genitive ἐλεοῦ); second declension

1. kind of owl

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἐλεός; τοῦ ἐλεοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐλεός ho eleós	τὼ ἐλεώ tṑ eleṓ	οἱ ἐλεοί hoi eleoí
Genitive	τοῦ ἐλεοῦ toû eleoû	τοῖν ἐλεοῖν toîn eleoîn	τῶν ἐλεῶν tôn eleôn
Dative	τῷ ἐλεῷ tôi eleôi	τοῖν ἐλεοῖν toîn eleoîn	τοῖς ἐλεοῖς toîs eleoîs
Accusative	τὸν ἐλεόν tòn eleón	τὼ ἐλεώ tṑ eleṓ	τοὺς ἐλεούς toùs eleoús
Vocative	ἐλεέ eleé	ἐλεώ eleṓ	ἐλεοί eleoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐλεός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐλεός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐλεός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐλεός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN