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ἥλιος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἥλιος ἡλίου

Structure: ἡλι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. sun
  2. east
  3. day
  4. sunshine

Declension

Second 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

  • "κενόδοξον τολμᾷ λέγειν, ὦ γῆ καὶ ἥλιε καὶ ποταμοὶ καὶ θάλαττα καὶ πατρῷε Ἡράκλεισ ‐ Πρωτέα τὸν ἐν Συρίᾳ δεθέντα, τὸν τῇ πατρίδι ἀνέντα πεντακισχίλια τάλαντα, τὸν ἀπὸ τῆσ Ῥωμαίων πόλεωσ ἐκβληθέντα, τὸν τοῦ Ἡλίου ἐπισημότερον, τὸν αὐτῷ ἀνταγωνίσασθαι τῷ Ὀλυμπίῳ δυνάμενον; (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 5:1)
  • Ὠ Ἥλιε, μὴ ἐλάσῃσ τήμερον, ὁ Ζεύσ φησι, μηδὲ αὔριον μηδὲ ἐσ τρίτην ἡμέραν, ἀλλὰ ἔνδον μένε, καὶ τὸ μεταξὺ μία τισ ἔστω νὺξ μακρά· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 1:1)
  • Ἐκ Βοιωτίασ, ὦ Ἥλιε, παρὰ τῆσ Ἀμφιτρύωνοσ, ᾗ σύνεστιν ἐρῶν αὐτῆσ. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 2:2)
  • Σιώπα, ὦ Ἥλιε, μή τι κακὸν ἀπολαύσῃσ τῶν λόγων. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 4:1)
  • ὦ τὴν ἐν ἄστροισ οὐρανοῦ τέμνων ὁδὸν καὶ χρυσοκολλήτοισιν ἐμβεβὼσ δίφροισ Ἥλιε, θοαῖσ ἵπποισιν εἱλίσσων φλόγα, ὡσ δυστυχῆ Θήβαισι τῇ τόθ’ ἡμέρᾳ ἀκτῖν’ ἐφῆκασ, Κάδμοσ ἡνίκ’ ἦλθε γῆν τήνδ’, ἐκλιπὼν Φοίνισσαν ἐναλίαν χθόνα· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. sun

  2. east

  3. day

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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