ἱλαστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῑ̔λᾰ́σκομαι (hīlắskomai, “to appease”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hiː.las.tɛ̌ːs/ → /i.lasˈtis/ → /i.lasˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hiː.las.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)i.lasˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.lasˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.lasˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.lasˈtis/

Noun

ῑ̔λᾰστής • (hīlăstḗs) m (genitive ῑ̔λᾰστοῦ); first declension

1. a propitiator, one who propitiates

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ῑ̔λᾰστής; τοῦ ῑ̔λᾰστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῑ̔λᾰστής ho hīlăstḗs	τὼ ῑ̔λᾰστᾱ́ tṑ hīlăstā́	οἱ ῑ̔λᾰσταί hoi hīlăstaí
Genitive	τοῦ ῑ̔λᾰστοῦ toû hīlăstoû	τοῖν ῑ̔λᾰσταῖν toîn hīlăstaîn	τῶν ῑ̔λᾰστῶν tôn hīlăstôn
Dative	τῷ ῑ̔λᾰστῇ tôi hīlăstêi	τοῖν ῑ̔λᾰσταῖν toîn hīlăstaîn	τοῖς ῑ̔λᾰσταῖς toîs hīlăstaîs
Accusative	τὸν ῑ̔λᾰστήν tòn hīlăstḗn	τὼ ῑ̔λᾰστᾱ́ tṑ hīlăstā́	τοὺς ῑ̔λᾰστᾱ́ς toùs hīlăstā́s
Vocative	ῑ̔λᾰστᾰ́ hīlăstắ	ῑ̔λᾰστᾱ́ hīlăstā́	ῑ̔λᾰσταί hīlăstaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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