ἤλεκτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly related to Sanskrit उल्का (ulka, “meteor”). Or, related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining sun”), from ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”). Or, Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.lek.tron/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lɛk.tron/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.lek.tron/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.lek.tron/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.lek.tron/

Noun

ἤλεκτρον • (ḗlektron) n (genitive ἠλέκτρου); second declension

amber
an alloy of gold and silver

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἤλεκτρον; τοῦ ἠλέκτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἤλεκτρον tò ḗlektron	τὼ ἠλέκτρω tṑ ēléktrō	τᾰ̀ ἤλεκτρᾰ tà ḗlektra
Genitive	τοῦ ἠλέκτρου toû ēléktrou	τοῖν ἠλέκτροιν toîn ēléktroin	τῶν ἠλέκτρων tôn ēléktrōn
Dative	τῷ ἠλέκτρῳ tôi ēléktrōi	τοῖν ἠλέκτροιν toîn ēléktroin	τοῖς ἠλέκτροις toîs ēléktrois
Accusative	τὸ ἤλεκτρον tò ḗlektron	τὼ ἠλέκτρω tṑ ēléktrō	τᾰ̀ ἤλεκτρᾰ tà ḗlektra
Vocative	ἤλεκτρον ḗlektron	ἠλέκτρω ēléktrō	ἤλεκτρᾰ ḗlektra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἠλέκτρινος (ēléktrinos)
Ἠλεκτρίς (Ēlektrís)
ἠλεκτροφαής (ēlektrophaḗs)
ἠλεκτρώδης (ēlektrṓdēs)

Descendants

→ English: electro-
→ French: électro-
Greek: ήλεκτρο (ílektro)
→ Latin: electrum
→ Russian: электрон (elektron)

References

Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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