ἑλίχρυσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Like ἑλειοσέλινον (heleiosélinon), it is understandable as a compound of ἕλειος (héleios, “muddy, swampy”) +‎ χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”), with the form -ἑλι- being a shortening. However, Strömberg thinks it is a loan.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.lí.kʰryː.sos/ → /eˈli.xry.sos/ → /eˈli.xri.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.lí.kʰryː.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)eˈli.kʰry.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈli.xry.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈli.xry.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈli.xri.sos/

Noun

ἑλῐ́χρῡσος • (helíkhrūsos) m (genitive ἑλῐχρῡ́σου); second declension

1. gold-flower (Helichrysum italicum)

   Synonym: χρυσάνθεμον (khrusánthemon)

2. Mediterranean strawflower (Helichrysum stoechas)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἑλῐ́χρῡσος; τοῦ ἑλῐχρῡ́σου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἑλῐ́χρῡσος ho helíkhrūsos	τὼ ἑλῐχρῡ́σω tṑ helikhrū́sō	οἱ ἑλῐ́χρῡσοι hoi helíkhrūsoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἑλῐχρῡ́σου toû helikhrū́sou	τοῖν ἑλῐχρῡ́σοιν toîn helikhrū́soin	τῶν ἑλῐχρῡ́σων tôn helikhrū́sōn
Dative	τῷ ἑλῐχρῡ́σῳ tôi helikhrū́sōi	τοῖν ἑλῐχρῡ́σοιν toîn helikhrū́soin	τοῖς ἑλῐχρῡ́σοις toîs helikhrū́sois
Accusative	τὸν ἑλῐ́χρῡσον tòn helíkhrūson	τὼ ἑλῐχρῡ́σω tṑ helikhrū́sō	τοὺς ἑλῐχρῡ́σους toùs helikhrū́sous
Vocative	ἑλῐ́χρῡσε helíkhrūse	ἑλῐχρῡ́σω helikhrū́sō	ἑλῐ́χρῡσοι helíkhrūsoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Helichrysum

Further reading

• “ἑλίχρυσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἑλίχρυσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἑλίχρυσος 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