ἔλανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. According to Beekes, this word is hardly related to the verb ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “to drive, set in motion; to drive away”), thus suggesting a Pre-Greek origin.

Noun

ἔλανος • (élanos)

1. Hesychius gives the definition as: ἴκτῑνος (íktīnos, “kite”).

Descendants

• → Translingual: Elanus

Further reading

• “ἔλανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔλανος 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
• Hesychius' Lexicon: ε