ἱλαρός

See also: ιλαρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Stem ἱλα- as in ῑ̔λᾰ́σκομαι (hīlắskomai), ἵλαος (hílaos, “gracious”) + -ρός (-rós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hi.la.rós/ → /i.laˈros/ → /i.laˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hi.la.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)i.laˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.laˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.laˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.laˈros/

Adjective

ῐ̔λᾰρός • (hĭlărós) m (feminine ἱλᾰρᾱ́, neuter ἱλᾰρόν); first/second declension

1. cheerful, merry, joyous, glad, happy

Inflection

First and second declension of ἱλᾰρός; ἱλᾰρᾱ́; ἱλᾰρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἱλᾰρός hilărós	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ hilărā́	ἱλᾰρόν hilărón		ἱλᾰρώ hilărṓ	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ hilărā́	ἱλᾰρώ hilărṓ		ἱλᾰροί hilăroí	ἱλᾰραί hilăraí	ἱλᾰρᾰ́ hilărắ
Genitive		ἱλᾰροῦ hilăroû	ἱλᾰρᾶς hilărâs	ἱλᾰροῦ hilăroû		ἱλᾰροῖν hilăroîn	ἱλᾰραῖν hilăraîn	ἱλᾰροῖν hilăroîn		ἱλᾰρῶν hilărôn	ἱλᾰρῶν hilărôn	ἱλᾰρῶν hilărôn
Dative		ἱλᾰρῷ hilărôi	ἱλᾰρᾷ hilărâi	ἱλᾰρῷ hilărôi		ἱλᾰροῖν hilăroîn	ἱλᾰραῖν hilăraîn	ἱλᾰροῖν hilăroîn		ἱλᾰροῖς hilăroîs	ἱλᾰραῖς hilăraîs	ἱλᾰροῖς hilăroîs
Accusative		ἱλᾰρόν hilărón	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ν hilărā́n	ἱλᾰρόν hilărón		ἱλᾰρώ hilărṓ	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ hilărā́	ἱλᾰρώ hilărṓ		ἱλᾰρούς hilăroús	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ς hilărā́s	ἱλᾰρᾰ́ hilărắ
Vocative		ἱλᾰρέ hilăré	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ hilărā́	ἱλᾰρόν hilărón		ἱλᾰρώ hilărṓ	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ hilărā́	ἱλᾰρώ hilărṓ		ἱλᾰροί hilăroí	ἱλᾰραί hilăraí	ἱλᾰρᾰ́ hilărắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἱλᾰρῶς hilărôs				ἱλᾰρώτερος hilărṓteros				ἱλᾰρώτᾰτος hilărṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: hilaris, hylaris, hilarus
  • French: hilare
    • → Romanian: ilar
  • Italian: ilare
  • Portuguese: hilário
  • Sicilian: ìlari
  • → English: hilarious
    • → Cebuano: hilaryos
  • → Icelandic: Hilaríus m
  • →? English: hilarious
  • →? Icelandic: Hilaríus m

Further reading

• “ἱλαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἱλαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἱλαρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2431 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • blithe idem, page 84.
  • cheerful idem, page 128.
  • gay idem, page 355.
  • genial idem, page 356.
  • glad idem, page 360.
  • hilarious idem, page 400.
  • jolly idem, page 464.
  • joyful idem, page 464.
  • light-hearted idem, page 491.
  • merry idem, page 526.
  • mirthful idem, page 532.
  • sprightly idem, page 805.