ἔλυμος

See also: Ἔλυμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Unknown. A connection with ὄλυρα (ólura, “spelt”) and οὐλαί (oulaí, “barley groats”) is unsure. Furnée prefers connecting the noun with ἐλίμαρ (elímar, “grain similar to millet”); however, this is very unclear. Beekes suggest a possible Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.ly.mos/ → /ˈe.ly.mos/ → /ˈe.li.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.ly.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ly.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ly.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ly.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.li.mos/

Noun

ἔλῠμος • (élumos) m (genitive ἐλῠ́μου); second declension

1. millet (Setaria italica)

   Synonym: μελῐ́νη (melínē)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἔλῠμος; τοῦ ἐλῠ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔλῠμος ho élumos	τὼ ἐλῠ́μω tṑ elúmō	οἱ ἔλῠμοι hoi élumoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐλῠ́μου toû elúmou	τοῖν ἐλῠ́μοιν toîn elúmoin	τῶν ἐλῠ́μων tôn elúmōn
Dative	τῷ ἐλῠ́μῳ tôi elúmōi	τοῖν ἐλῠ́μοιν toîn elúmoin	τοῖς ἐλῠ́μοις toîs elúmois
Accusative	τὸν ἔλῠμον tòn élumon	τὼ ἐλῠ́μω tṑ elúmō	τοὺς ἐλῠ́μους toùs elúmous
Vocative	ἔλῠμε élume	ἐλῠ́μω elúmō	ἔλῠμοι élumoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Elymus

Etymology 2

Unknown. There appears no reason for connection with εἰλύω (eilúō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.ly.mos/ → /ˈe.ly.mos/ → /ˈe.li.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.ly.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ly.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ly.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ly.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.li.mos/

Noun

ἔλῠμος • (élumos) m (genitive ἐλῠ́μου); second declension

1. kind of Phrygian pipe made of boxwood

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἔλῠμος; τοῦ ἐλῠ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔλῠμος ho élumos	τὼ ἐλῠ́μω tṑ elúmō	οἱ ἔλῠμοι hoi élumoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐλῠ́μου toû elúmou	τοῖν ἐλῠ́μοιν toîn elúmoin	τῶν ἐλῠ́μων tôn elúmōn
Dative	τῷ ἐλῠ́μῳ tôi elúmōi	τοῖν ἐλῠ́μοιν toîn elúmoin	τοῖς ἐλῠ́μοις toîs elúmois
Accusative	τὸν ἔλῠμον tòn élumon	τὼ ἐλῠ́μω tṑ elúmō	τοὺς ἐλῠ́μους toùs elúmous
Vocative	ἔλῠμε élume	ἐλῠ́μω elúmō	ἔλῠμοι élumoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἔλυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔλυμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔλυμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔλυμος 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 416
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔλυμος 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 416