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

(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 • (helĭ́khrūsos) m (genitive ἑλῐχρῡ́σου); second declension

gold-flower (Helichrysum italicum)
Synonym: χρυσάνθεμον (khrusánthemon)
Mediterranean strawflower (Helichrysum stoechas)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἑλῐ́χρῡσος; τοῦ ἑλῐχρῡ́σου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἑλῐ́χρῡσος ho helĭ́khrūsos	τὼ ἑλῐχρῡ́σω tṑ helĭkhrū́sō	οἱ ἑλῐ́χρῡσοι hoi helĭ́khrūsoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἑλῐχρῡ́σου toû helĭkhrū́sou	τοῖν ἑλῐχρῡ́σοιν toîn helĭkhrū́soin	τῶν ἑλῐχρῡ́σων tôn helĭkhrū́sōn
Dative	τῷ ἑλῐχρῡ́σῳ tôi helĭkhrū́sōi	τοῖν ἑλῐχρῡ́σοιν toîn helĭkhrū́soin	τοῖς ἑλῐχρῡ́σοις toîs helĭkhrū́sois
Accusative	τὸν ἑλῐ́χρῡσον tòn helĭ́khrūson	τὼ ἑλῐχρῡ́σω tṑ helĭkhrū́sō	τοὺς ἑλῐχρῡ́σους toùs helĭkhrū́sous
Vocative	ἑλῐ́χρῡσε helĭ́khrūse	ἑλῐχρῡ́σω helĭkhrū́sō	ἑλῐ́χρῡσοι helĭ́khrūsoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Translingual: Helichrysum

“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 (2006–2025)
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