ἕλωρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἑλεῖν (heleîn, “to seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“to take, grasp”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hé.lɔːr/ → /ˈe.lor/ → /ˈe.lor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hé.lɔːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e.lor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lor/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lor/

Noun

ἕλωρ • (hélōr) n (genitive ἕλωρος); third declension

1. (chiefly Epic) prey; spoil, plunder

   Synonyms: λᾰ́φῡρᾰ (lắphūră), σκῦλᾰ (skûlă)

Declension

Third declension of ἕλωρ; ἕλωρος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἕλωρ hélōr	ἕλωρε hélōre	ἕλωρᾰ hélōră
Genitive	ἕλωρος hélōros	ἑλώροιῐν helṓroiĭn	ἑλώρων helṓrōn
Dative	ἕλωρῐ hélōrĭ	ἑλώροιῐν helṓroiĭn	ἕλωρσῐ / ἕλωρσῐν / ἑλώρεσσῐ / ἑλώρεσσῐν / ἑλώρεσῐ / ἑλώρεσῐν hélōrsĭ(n) / helṓressĭ(n) / helṓresĭ(n)
Accusative	ἕλωρ hélōr	ἕλωρε hélōre	ἕλωρᾰ hélōră
Vocative	ἕλωρ hélōr	ἕλωρε hélōre	ἕλωρᾰ hélōră
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἑλώριον (helṓrion)

Further reading

• “ἕλωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἕλωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἕλωρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἕλωρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἕλωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • booty idem, page 89.
  • carrion idem, page 115.
  • prey idem, page 639.