Ἕλενος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Masculine form of Ἑλένη (Helénē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hé.le.nos/ → /ˈe.le.nos/ → /ˈe.le.nos/

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

Proper noun

Ἕλενος • (Hélenos) m (genitive Ἑλένου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Helenus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἕλενος; τοῦ Ἑλένου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἕλενος ho Hélenos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἑλένου toû Helénou
Dative	τῷ Ἑλένῳ tôi Helénōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἕλενον tòn Hélenon
Vocative	Ἕλενε Hélene
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ἑλένη (Helénē)

Descendants

• Greek: Έλενος (Élenos)
• → Latin: Helenus

References

• “Ἕλενος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἕλενος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Ἕλενος”, 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 1,012