ἄλσος

See also: άλσος

Ancient Greek

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”). Cognate of Latin alō, alumnus, oleō and English old.

ἄλσος • (álsos) n (genitive ἄλσεος or ἄλσους); third declension

a grove
1. especially, a sacred grove
2. (transferred sense) any hallowed precinct, even one without trees

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́λσος; τοῦ ᾰ̓́λσους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́λσος tò álsos	τὼ ᾰ̓́λσει tṑ álsei	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́λση tà álsē
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́λσους toû álsous	τοῖν ᾰ̓λσοῖν toîn alsoîn	τῶν ᾰ̓λσῶν tôn alsôn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́λσει tôi álsei	τοῖν ᾰ̓λσοῖν toîn alsoîn	τοῖς ᾰ̓́λσεσῐ / ᾰ̓́λσεσῐν toîs álsesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́λσος tò álsos	τὼ ᾰ̓́λσει tṑ álsei	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́λση tà álsē
Vocative	ᾰ̓́λσος álsos	ᾰ̓́λσει álsei	ᾰ̓́λση álsē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

ἄλσος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἄλσος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἄλσος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἄλσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἄλσος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἄλσος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
ἄλσος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- avenue idem, page 55.
- close idem, page 138.
- consecrated idem, page 162.
- demesne idem, page 209.
- domain idem, page 246.
- enclosure idem, page 271.
- grove idem, page 375.
- lawn idem, page 480.
- park idem, page 593.
- precincts idem, page 634.

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