Ἠλεκτρύων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “the beaming sun”), with influence from Ἀμφιτρῠ́ων (Amphitrúōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.lek.trý.ɔːn/ → /i.lekˈtry.on/ → /i.lekˈtri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.lek.trý.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝.lekˈtry.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.lekˈtry.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.lekˈtry.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.lekˈtri.on/

Proper noun

Ἠλεκτρῠ́ων • (Ēlektrúōn) m (genitive Ἠλεκτρῠ́ονος or Ἠλεκτρῠ́ωνος); third declension

1. Electryon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἠλεκτρῠ́ων; τοῦ Ἠλεκτρῠ́ονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἠλεκτρῠ́ων ho Ēlektrúōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ἠλεκτρῠ́ονος toû Ēlektrúonos
Dative	τῷ Ἠλεκτρῠ́ονῐ tôi Ēlektrúoni
Accusative	τὸν Ἠλεκτρῠ́ονᾰ tòn Ēlektrúona
Vocative	Ἠλεκτρῠ́ον Ēlektrúon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὁ Ἠλεκτρῠ́ων; τοῦ Ἠλεκτρῠ́ωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἠλεκτρῠ́ων ho Ēlektrúōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ἠλεκτρῠ́ωνος toû Ēlektrúōnos
Dative	τῷ Ἠλεκτρῠ́ωνῐ tôi Ēlektrúōni
Accusative	τὸν Ἠλεκτρῠ́ωνᾰ tòn Ēlektrúōna
Vocative	Ἠλεκτρῠ́ων Ēlektrúōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ηλεκτρύων (Ilektrýon)
• Latin: Ēlectryō

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009