εἰλεός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ἰλεός (ileós)

Etymology

From εἰλέω (eiléō), εἴλω (eílō, “to shut in”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

εἰλεός • (eileós) m (genitive εἰλεοῦ); second declension

  1. (anatomy) intestinal obstruction, ileus
  2. den, hole
  3. Alternative form of ἐλεός (eleós, “butcher's block”)
  4. a kind of vine

Declension
Second declension of ὁ εἰλεός; τοῦ εἰλεοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ εἰλεός
ho eileós		 τὼ εἰλεώ
tṑ eileṓ		 οἱ εἰλεοί
hoi eileoí
Genitive τοῦ εἰλεοῦ
toû eileoû		 τοῖν εἰλεοῖν
toîn eileoîn		 τῶν εἰλεῶν
tôn eileôn
Dative τῷ εἰλεῷ
tôi eileôi		 τοῖν εἰλεοῖν
toîn eileoîn		 τοῖς εἰλεοῖς
toîs eileoîs
Accusative τὸν εἰλεόν
tòn eileón		 τὼ εἰλεώ
tṑ eileṓ		 τοὺς εἰλεούς
toùs eileoús
Vocative εἰλεέ
eileé		 εἰλεώ
eileṓ		 εἰλεοί
eileoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms
  • χορδαψός (khordapsós)

Derived terms
  • εἰλεός ἰκτερώδης (eileós ikterṓdēs, “jaundice”)
  • εἰλεός αἱματίτης (eileós haimatítēs, “scurvy”)

Descendants

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