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ἕλειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕλειος ἕλειον

Structure: ἑλει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(/los

Sense

  1. of the marsh or meadow, of the meads
  2. growing or dwelling in the marsh

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative έ̔λειος έ̔λειον
Genitive ἑλείου ἑλείου
Dative ἑλείῳ ἑλείῳ
Accusative έ̔λειον έ̔λειον
Vocative έ̔λειε έ̔λειον
DualN/A/V ἑλείω ἑλείω
G/D ἑλείοιν ἑλείοιν
PluralNominative έ̔λειοι έ̔λεια
Genitive ἑλείων ἑλείων
Dative ἑλείοις ἑλείοις
Accusative ἑλείους έ̔λεια
Vocative έ̔λειοι έ̔λεια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective έ̔λειος ἑλείου ἑλειώτερος ἑλειωτέρου ἑλειώτατος ἑλειωτάτου
Adverb ἑλείως ἑλειώτερον ἑλειώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὁ γὰρ τροχίλοσ ἐστὶ μὲν ὄρνισ τῶν ἑλείων καὶ παραποταμίων, φρουρεῖ δὲ τὸν κροκόδειλον οὐκ οἰκόσιτοσ ἀλλὰ τοῖσ ἐκείνου λειψάνοισ παρατρεφόμενοσ· (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 31 1:1)
  • τὰ γὰρ ὀρεινὴν διεξιόντα γῆν καὶ λιθώδη στερρότερα τῶν ἑλείων καὶ πεδινῶν ἐστι· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 11:3)
  • ἑψήματα γὰρ αὐτοῖσ χορηγοῦσιν ἔκ τινοσ εὐτελείασ ἑτοίμησ γινόμενα, καὶ τῶν ἐκ τῆσ βύβλου πυθμένων τοὺσ δυναμένουσ εἰσ τὸ πῦρ ἐγκρύβεσθαι, καὶ τῶν ῥιζῶν καὶ τῶν καυλῶν τῶν ἑλείων τὰ μὲν ὠμά, τὰ δ’ ἕψοντεσ, τὰ δ’ ὀπτῶντεσ, διδόασιν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 80 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. growing or dwelling in the marsh

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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