ἡλιοκάνθαρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) +‎ κάνθαρος (kántharos, “beetle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.li.o.kán.tʰa.ros/ → /i.li.oˈkan.θa.ros/ → /i.li.oˈkan.θa.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.li.o.kán.tʰa.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.li.oˈkan.tʰa.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.li.oˈkan.θa.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.li.oˈkan.θa.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.li.oˈkan.θa.ros/

Noun

ἡλῐοκᾰ́νθᾰρος • (hēliokántharos) m (genitive ἡλῐοκᾰνθᾰ́ρου); second declension

1. scarab (Scarabaeus sacer)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἡλῐοκᾰ́νθᾰρος; τοῦ ἡλῐοκᾰνθᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἡλῐοκᾰ́νθᾰρος ho hēliokántharos	τὼ ἡλῐοκᾰνθᾰ́ρω tṑ hēliokanthárō	οἱ ἡλῐοκᾰ́νθᾰροι hoi hēliokántharoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἡλῐοκᾰνθᾰ́ρου toû hēliokanthárou	τοῖν ἡλῐοκᾰνθᾰ́ροιν toîn hēliokanthároin	τῶν ἡλῐοκᾰνθᾰ́ρων tôn hēliokanthárōn
Dative	τῷ ἡλῐοκᾰνθᾰ́ρῳ tôi hēliokanthárōi	τοῖν ἡλῐοκᾰνθᾰ́ροιν toîn hēliokanthároin	τοῖς ἡλῐοκᾰνθᾰ́ροις toîs hēliokanthárois
Accusative	τὸν ἡλῐοκᾰ́νθᾰρον tòn hēliokántharon	τὼ ἡλῐοκᾰνθᾰ́ρω tṑ hēliokanthárō	τοὺς ἡλῐοκᾰνθᾰ́ρους toùs hēliokanthárous
Vocative	ἡλῐοκᾰ́νθᾰρε hēliokánthare	ἡλῐοκᾰνθᾰ́ρω hēliokanthárō	ἡλῐοκᾰ́νθᾰροι hēliokántharoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἡλιοκάνθαρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἡλιοκάνθαρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette