Ἰλιάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ῑ̓́λῐον (Ī́lion) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iː.li.ás/ → /i.liˈas/ → /i.liˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /iː.li.ás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.liˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.liˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.liˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.liˈas/

Proper noun

Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́ς • (Īliás) f (genitive Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́δος); third declension

1. the Iliad
2. the lands of Ilium or Troy; Troas; the Troad

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́ς; τῆς Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́ς hē Īliás
Genitive	τῆς Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́δος tês Īliádos
Dative	τῇ Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́δῐ têi Īliádi
Accusative	τὴν Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Īliáda
Vocative	Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́ς Īliás
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Related terms

• Τρωάς f (Trōás)
• Ὀδύσσεια f (Odússeia)
• Ἀλεξιάς f (Alexiás)

Descendants

• >? Greek: Ιλιάς (Iliás), Ιλιάδα f (Iliáda)
• → English: Iliad
• → Latin: Īlias f
  • → French: Iliade f
• → Turkish: İlyada

References

• “Ἰλιάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἰλιάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013