Ἕλλην

See also: Έλλην

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Μost probably a derivation of Ἑλλοί (Helloí) or Σελλοί (Selloí), the Greek inhabitants of the area around the sanctuary of Dodona (Δωδώνη (Dōdṓnē)), itself of Pre-Greek origin.[1]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

Ἕλλην • (Héllēn) m (genitive Ἕλληνος); third declension

  1. Greek, one who is from Greece or speaks Greek.
    • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 82b:
      Σωκράτης: Ἕλλην μέν ἐστι καὶ ἑλληνίζει;
      Μένων: πάνυ γε σφόδρα, οἰκογενής γε.
      Sōkrátēs: Héllēn mén esti kaì hellēnízei?
      Ménōn: pánu ge sphódra, oikogenḗs ge.
      Socrates: Is [the slave boy] a Greek and speaks Greek?
      Meno: Very much so, in fact home-bred.
  2. one who participates in Greek culture.
  3. often used in Jewish and Christian literature as referring to any non-Jew: gentile
  4. pagan

Declension
Third declension of ὁ Ἕλλην; τοῦ Ἕλληνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Ἕλλην
ho Héllēn		 τὼ Ἕλληνε
tṑ Héllēne		 οἱ Ἕλληνες
hoi Héllēnes
Genitive τοῦ Ἕλληνος
toû Héllēnos		 τοῖν Ἑλλήνοιν
toîn Hellḗnoin		 τῶν Ἑλλήνων
tôn Hellḗnōn
Dative τῷ Ἕλληνῐ
tôi Héllēni		 τοῖν Ἑλλήνοιν
toîn Hellḗnoin		 τοῖς Ἕλλησῐ / Ἕλλησῐν
toîs Héllēsi(n)
Accusative τὸν Ἕλληνᾰ
tòn Héllēna		 τὼ Ἕλληνε
tṑ Héllēne		 τοὺς Ἕλληνᾰς
toùs Héllēnas
Vocative Ἕλλην
Héllēn		 Ἕλληνε
Héllēne		 Ἕλληνες
Héllēnes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Proper noun

Ἕλλην • (Héllēn) m (genitive Ἕλληνος); third declension

  1. Hellen, the mythical patriarch of the Greeks.

Declension
Third declension of ὁ Ἕλλην; τοῦ Ἕλληνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἕλλην
ho Héllēn
Genitive τοῦ Ἕλληνος
toû Héllēnos
Dative τῷ Ἕλληνῐ
tôi Héllēni
Accusative τὸν Ἕλληνᾰ
tòn Héllēna
Vocative Ἕλλην
Héllēn
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Ἑλληνάρχης (Hellēnárkhēs)
  • Ἑλληνίζω (Hellēnízō)
  • Ἑλληνικός (Hellēnikós)
  • Ἑλλάνιος (Hellánios)
  • Ἑλλανίς (Hellanís)
  • Ἑλλανισμός (Hellanismós)
  • Ἑλλανιστί (Hellanistí)
  • Ἑλληνογαλάται (Hellēnogalátai)
  • Ἑλληνοδίκαι (Hellēnodíkai)
  • Ἑλληνίς (Hellēnís)

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. 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

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn)

Noun

Ἕλλην • (Ἕllin) m (plural Ἕλληνες)

  1. Katharevousa form of Έλληνας (Éllinas, “Greek man”)
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