σέλαχος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The formation resembles στέλεχος (stélekhos), τάριχος (tárikhos) and τέμαχος (témakhos). Connected with σέλας (sélas, “light, glow, beam”) already by Galen, because of the phosphorescent light of certain cartilaginous fishes; yet the suffix "-αχ-" may point to a Pre-Greek origin. The old connection with Proto-Germanic *selhaz (“seal”) is untenable.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sé.la.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.la.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈse.la.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈse.la.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈse.la.xos/
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ σέλᾰχος tò sélakhos |
τὼ σελᾰ́χει tṑ selákhei |
τᾰ̀ σελᾰ́χη tà selákhē | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σελᾰ́χους toû selákhous |
τοῖν σελᾰχοῖν toîn selakhoîn |
τῶν σελᾰχῶν tôn selakhôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σελᾰ́χει tôi selákhei |
τοῖν σελᾰχοῖν toîn selakhoîn |
τοῖς σελᾰ́χεσῐ / σελᾰ́χεσῐν toîs selákhesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ σέλᾰχος tò sélakhos |
τὼ σελᾰ́χει tṑ selákhei |
τᾰ̀ σελᾰ́χη tà selákhē | ||||||||||
Vocative | σέλᾰχος sélakhos |
σελᾰ́χει selákhei |
σελᾰ́χη selákhē | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σελάχιον (selákhion)
- σελάχιος (selákhios)
- σελαχώδης (selakhṓdēs)
References
- σέλαχος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σέλαχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill
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