Ἑλλήσποντος

See also: Ελλήσποντος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἕλλης (Héllēs, “of Helle”, genitive of Ἕλλη (Héllē)) +‎ πόντος (póntos, “sea”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hel.lɛ̌ːs.pon.tos/ → /elˈlis.pon.tos/ → /eˈlis.pon.dos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hel.lɛ̌ːs.pon.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)elˈle̝s.pon.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /elˈlis.pon.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /elˈlis.pon.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈlis.pon.dos/

Proper noun

Ἑλλήσποντος • (Hellḗspontos) m (genitive Ἑλλησπόντου); second declension

1. the Hellespont, later called the Dardanelles

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἑλλήσποντος; τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἑλλήσποντος ho Hellḗspontos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου toû Hellēspóntou
Dative	τῷ Ἑλλησπόντῳ tôi Hellēspóntōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον tòn Hellḗsponton
Vocative	Ἑλλήσποντε Hellḗsponte
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἑλλησπόντιος (Hellēspóntios)
• Ἑλλησποντικός (Hellēspontikós)
• Ἑλλησποντίς (Hellēspontís)

Descendants

• Greek: Ελλήσποντος (Ellíspontos)
• → Latin: Hellespontus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “Ἑλλήσποντος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἑλλήσποντος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Ἑλλήσποντος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἑλλήσποντος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012