Ἐλαφηβολιών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἐλαφηβόλῐᾰ (Elaphēbólĭă), a festival dedicated to Artemis.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.la.pʰɛː.bo.li.ɔ̌ːn/ → /e.la.ɸi.βo.liˈon/ → /e.la.fi.vo.liˈon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.la.pʰɛː.bo.li.ɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.la.pʰe̝.bo.liˈon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.la.ɸi.βo.liˈon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.la.fi.vo.liˈon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.la.fi.vo.liˈon/

Proper noun

Ἐλᾰφηβολῐών • (Elăphēbolĭṓn) m (genitive Ἐλᾰφηβολῐῶνος); third declension

1. Elaphebolion: the ninth month of the Attic calendar, corresponding to the lunar term around March and April

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἐλᾰφηβολῐών; τοῦ Ἐλᾰφηβολῐῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἐλᾰφηβολῐών ho Elăphēbolĭṓn
Genitive	τοῦ Ἐλᾰφηβολῐῶνος toû Elăphēbolĭônos
Dative	τῷ Ἐλᾰφηβολῐῶνῐ tôi Elăphēbolĭônĭ
Accusative	τὸν Ἐλᾰφηβολῐῶνᾰ tòn Elăphēbolĭônă
Vocative	Ἐλᾰφηβολῐών Elăphēbolĭṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ελαφηβολιώνας (Elafivoliónas)

References

• “Ἐλαφηβολιών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ἐλαφηβολιών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἐλαφηβολιών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)