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ἡλιάς

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡλιάς ἡλιάδος

Structure: ἡλιαδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. of the sun

Declension

Third declension

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

  • πρῶτον Πηλείδησ ἐγένου, μετὰ ταῦτα Μένανδροσ, εἶθ’ ὃσ νῦν φαίνῃ, μετὰ δ’ ἔσσεαι ἡλιὰσ ἀκτίσ, ζήσεισ δ’ ὀγδώκοντ’ ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἑκατὸν λυκάβαντασ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 34:2)
  • ἀμφὶ δὲ κοῦραι Ἡλιάδεσ ταναῇσιν ἐελμέναι αἰγείροισιν, μύρονται κινυρὸν μέλεαι γόον· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 10:27)
  • νύκτασ δ’ αὖ γόον ὀξὺν ὀδυρομένων ἐσάκουον Ἡλιάδων λιγέωσ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 10:34)
  • ὁ δ’ ἀληθὴσ λόγοσ ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ σύστασιν τῆσ νήσου πηλώδουσ οὔσησ ἔτι καὶ μαλακῆσ, τὸν ἥλιον ἀναξηράναντα τὴν πολλὴν ὑγρότητα ζωογονῆσαι τὴν γῆν, καὶ γενέσθαι τοὺσ κληθέντασ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ Ἡλιάδασ, ἑπτὰ τὸν ἀριθμόν, καὶ ἄλλουσ ὁμοίωσ λαοὺσ αὐτόχθονασ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 56 3:2)
  • διὸ καί φασι τοὺσ μὲν Ἡλιάδασ διὰ τὴν σπουδὴν ἐπιλαθομένουσ ἐνεγκεῖν πῦρ ἐπιθεῖναι τὰ θύματα, τὸν δὲ τότε βασιλεύοντα τῶν Ἀθηναίων Κέκροπα ἐπὶ τοῦ πυρὸσ θῦσαι ὕστερον. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 56 6:1)
  • Ἠλίασ ἐν τῷ ζηλῶσαι ζῆλον νόμου ἀνελήφθη ἕωσ εἰσ τὸν οὐρανόν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 2:58)
  • ΚΑΙ ἀνέστη Ἠλίασ προφήτησ ὡσ πῦρ, καὶ ὁ λόγοσ αὐτοῦ ὡσ λαμπὰσ ἐκαίετο. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 48:1)
  • Ἠλίασ, ὃσ ἐν λαίλαπι ἐσκεπάσθη, καὶ Ἐλισαιὲ ἐνεπλήσθη πνεύματοσ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐν ἡμέραισ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐσαλεύθη ὑπὸ ἄρχοντοσ, καὶ οὐ κατεδυνάστευσεν αὐτὸν οὐδείσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 48:12)
  • εἰσ τὴν αὐτήν ἁρ́ματι μὲν πυρόεντι πρὸσ οὐρανὸν Ἠλίασ ἦλθεν Νόνναν δ’ εὐχομένην Πνεῦμ’ ὑπέδεκτο μέγα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 591)

Synonyms

  1. of the sun

Related

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

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