ἥλιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hāwélios, from a pre-Hellenic or later Proto-Indo-European *sāwélios, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic слъньцє (slŭnĭce), Latin sol, Sanskrit सूर (sūra) and सूर्य (sūrya) and स्वर् (svar), Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭‎ (huuar), Persian خور‎ (xwar).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἥλῐος • (hḗlios) m (genitive ἡλῐ́ου); second declension

(Attic, Ionic, Koine)
  1. sun
    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Alexander the Great 14:
      καὶ μικρὸν μὲν ἀνεκάθισεν, ἀνθρώπων τοσούτων ἐπερχομένων, καὶ διέβλεψεν εἰς τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον. ὡς δὲ ἐκεῖνος ἀσπασάμενος καὶ προσειπὼν αὐτὸν ἠρώτησεν εἴ τινος τυγχάνει δεόμενος, “Μικρόν,” εἶπεν, “ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου μετάστηθι.”
      kaì mikròn mèn anekáthisen, anthrṓpōn tosoútōn eperkhoménōn, kaì diéblepsen eis tòn Aléxandron. hōs dè ekeînos aspasámenos kaì proseipṑn autòn ērṓtēsen eí tinos tunkhánei deómenos, “Mikrón,” eîpen, “apò toû hēlíou metástēthi.”
      Diogenes raised himself up a little when he saw so many persons coming towards him, and fixed his eyes upon Alexander. And when that monarch addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, “Yes,” said Diogenes, “stand a little out of my sun.”
  2. east
  3. day
  4. sunshine

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἥλῐος; τοῦ ἡλῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ ἥλῐος
ho hḗlios
Genitive τοῦ ἡλῐ́ου
toû hēlíou
Dative τῷ ἡλῐ́ῳ
tôi hēlíōi
Accusative τὸν ἥλῐον
tòn hḗlion
Vocative ἥλῐε
hḗlie
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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