Ἥλιος

See also: ήλιος, Ήλιος, and ἥλιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἠέλιος (Ēélios) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology

From the noun ἥλῐος (hḗlios, “sun”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.li.os/ → /ˈi.li.os/ → /ˈi.li.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.li.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e̝.li.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.os/

• Hyphenation: Ἥ‧λι‧ος

Proper noun

Ἥλῐος • (Hḗlios) m (genitive Ἡλῐ́ου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Helios

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἥλῐος; τοῦ Ἡλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἥλῐος ho Hḗlios
Genitive	τοῦ Ἡλῐ́ου toû Hēlíou
Dative	τῷ Ἡλῐ́ῳ tôi Hēlíōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἥλῐον tòn Hḗlion
Vocative	Ἥλῐε Hḗlie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: Helios
• → French: Hélios
• Greek: Ήλιος (Ílios)
• → Italian: Elio
• → Latin: Helius
• → Russian: Ге́лиос (Gélios)
• → Turkish: Helios
• Albanian: Ëlli

Further reading

• Ἥλιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἥλιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026