ἔλαφος
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hellenic *éləpʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éln̥bʰos, from *h₁el- (“deer”). Compare ἐλλός (ellós, “young deer”), Lithuanian élnias (“deer, stag, hart”), Russian оле́нь (olénʹ, “deer”), Russian лось (losʹ, “elk”), Old Armenian եղն (ełn, “hind”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.la.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.la.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.la.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.la.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.la.fos/
Noun
[edit]ἔλᾰφος • (élaphos) m or f (genitive ἐλᾰ́φου); second declension
- red deer (Cervus elaphus)
- Septuaginta, Psalm 42:
- ὃν τρόπον ἐπιποθεῖ ἡ ἔλαφος ἐπὶ τὰς πηγὰς τῶν ὑδάτων οὕτως ἐπιποθεῖ ἡ ψυχή μου πρὸς σέ ὁ θεός.
- hòn trópon epipotheî hē élaphos epì tàs pēgàs tôn hudátōn hoútōs epipotheî hē psukhḗ mou pròs sé ho theós.
- As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. (KJV)
- Septuaginta, Psalm 42:
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ ἔλᾰφος ho, hē élaphos |
τὼ ἐλᾰ́φω tṑ eláphō |
οἱ, αἱ ἔλᾰφοι hoi, hai élaphoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς ἐλᾰ́φου toû, tês eláphou |
τοῖν ἐλᾰ́φοιν toîn eláphoin |
τῶν ἐλᾰ́φων tôn eláphōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ ἐλᾰ́φῳ tôi, têi eláphōi |
τοῖν ἐλᾰ́φοιν toîn eláphoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς ἐλᾰ́φοις toîs, taîs eláphois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν ἔλᾰφον tòn, tḕn élaphon |
τὼ ἐλᾰ́φω tṑ eláphō |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ἐλᾰ́φους toùs, tā̀s eláphous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔλᾰφε élaphe |
ἐλᾰ́φω eláphō |
ἔλᾰφοι élaphoi | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἔλᾰφος élaphos |
ἐλᾰ́φω eláphō |
ἔλᾰφοι élaphoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | ἐλᾰ́φου / ἐλᾰφοῖο / ἐλᾰ́φοιο / ἐλᾰφόο / ἐλᾰ́φοο eláphou / elaphoîo / eláphoio / elaphóo / eláphoo |
ἐλᾰ́φοιῐν eláphoiin |
ἐλᾰ́φων eláphōn | ||||||||||
Dative | ἐλᾰ́φῳ eláphōi |
ἐλᾰ́φοιῐν eláphoiin |
ἐλᾰ́φοισῐ / ἐλᾰ́φοισῐν / ἐλᾰ́φοις eláphoisi(n) / eláphois | ||||||||||
Accusative | ἔλᾰφον élaphon |
ἐλᾰ́φω eláphō |
ἐλᾰ́φους eláphous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔλᾰφε élaphe |
ἐλᾰ́φω eláphō |
ἔλᾰφοι élaphoi | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἐλᾰ́φῐνος (eláphinos)
- ἐλᾰφόβοσκον (elaphóboskon)
- τρᾰγέλᾰφος (tragélaphos)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔλαφος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 402-3
Further reading
[edit]- “ἔλαφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔλαφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἔλαφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἔλαφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔλαφος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἔλαφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἔλαφος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 203
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