ἱλαρός

See also: ιλαρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Stem ἱλα- as in ῑ̔λᾰ́σκομαι (hīláskomai), 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 • (hilarós) 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 hilarós	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ hilarā́	ἱλᾰρόν hilarón		ἱλᾰρώ hilarṓ	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ hilarā́	ἱλᾰρώ hilarṓ		ἱλᾰροί hilaroí	ἱλᾰραί hilaraí	ἱλᾰρᾰ́ hilará
Genitive		ἱλᾰροῦ hilaroû	ἱλᾰρᾶς hilarâs	ἱλᾰροῦ hilaroû		ἱλᾰροῖν hilaroîn	ἱλᾰραῖν hilaraîn	ἱλᾰροῖν hilaroîn		ἱλᾰρῶν hilarôn	ἱλᾰρῶν hilarôn	ἱλᾰρῶν hilarôn
Dative		ἱλᾰρῷ hilarôi	ἱλᾰρᾷ hilarâi	ἱλᾰρῷ hilarôi		ἱλᾰροῖν hilaroîn	ἱλᾰραῖν hilaraîn	ἱλᾰροῖν hilaroîn		ἱλᾰροῖς hilaroîs	ἱλᾰραῖς hilaraîs	ἱλᾰροῖς hilaroîs
Accusative		ἱλᾰρόν hilarón	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ν hilarā́n	ἱλᾰρόν hilarón		ἱλᾰρώ hilarṓ	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ hilarā́	ἱλᾰρώ hilarṓ		ἱλᾰρούς hilaroús	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ς hilarā́s	ἱλᾰρᾰ́ hilará
Vocative		ἱλᾰρέ hilaré	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ hilarā́	ἱλᾰρόν hilarón		ἱλᾰρώ hilarṓ	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ hilarā́	ἱλᾰρώ hilarṓ		ἱλᾰροί hilaroí	ἱλᾰραί hilaraí	ἱλᾰρᾰ́ hilará
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἱλᾰρῶς hilarôs				ἱλᾰρώτερος hilarṓteros				ἱλᾰρώτᾰτος hilarṓtatos
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.