Ἰλλυριός

See also: Ἰλλύριος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Ἰλλῠ́ρῐος (Illúrios)

Etymology

Of obscure origin, but possibly from a conjectural Illyrian root *is-lo (“living”), though the sense is uncertain.[1] Often said to be related to Albanian yll (“star”), from Proto-Albanian *uslo (“star”), if true then Ἰλλυρία (Illuría) might be the Greek rendition of Illyrian *islu-or (“star, lit. "the one that sparks"”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁usli (“spark, hot ashes”), from *h₁ews- (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /il.ly.ri.ós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /il.ly.riˈos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /il.ly.riˈos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /il.ly.riˈos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.li.riˈos/

Noun

Ἰλλῠρῐός • (Illuriós) m (genitive Ἰλλῠρῐοῦ); second declension

an Illyrian
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.196
- 90 CE – 168 CE, Ptolemy, Geography 2.16.1
- 95 CE – 165 CE, Appian, Illyrian Wars 6
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 601
- New Testament, Epistle to the Romans 15:19
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.125.1
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, First Philippic 48.4
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Alexander the Great 11.6.4

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἰλλῠρῐός; τοῦ Ἰλλῠρῐοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἰλλῠρῐός ho Illuriós	τὼ Ἰλλῠρῐώ tṑ Illuriṓ	οἱ Ἰλλῠρῐοί hoi Illurioí
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰλλῠρῐοῦ toû Illurioû	τοῖν Ἰλλῠρῐοῖν toîn Illurioîn	τῶν Ἰλλῠρῐῶν tôn Illuriôn
Dative	τῷ Ἰλλῠρῐῷ tôi Illuriôi	τοῖν Ἰλλῠρῐοῖν toîn Illurioîn	τοῖς Ἰλλῠρῐοῖς toîs Illurioîs
Accusative	τὸν Ἰλλῠρῐόν tòn Illurión	τὼ Ἰλλῠρῐώ tṑ Illuriṓ	τοὺς Ἰλλῠρῐούς toùs Illurioús
Vocative	Ἰλλῠρῐέ Illurié	Ἰλλῠρῐώ Illuriṓ	Ἰλλῠρῐοί Illurioí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ (Illuríā)
Ἰλλῠρῐ́ζω (Illurízō)
Ἰλλῠρῐκή (Illurikḗ)
Ἰλλῠρῐκόν (Illurikón)
Ἰλλῠρῐκός (Illurikós)
Ἰλλῠρῐ́ς (Illurís)
Ἰλλῠρῐστῐ́ (Illuristí)

Descendants

Greek: Ιλλυριός (Illyriós)
Latin: Illyrius

References

Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006, p. 163