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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἥλιος ἡλίω ή̔λιοι
Genitive ἡλίου ἡλίοιν ἡλίων
Dative ἡλίῳ ἡλίοιν ἡλίοις
Accusative ή̔λιον ἡλίω ἡλίους
Vocative ή̔λιε ἡλίω ή̔λιοι

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

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ὁ ἥλιοσ ἐγένετο πρὸσ δυσμάσ, φλὸξ ἐγένετο, καὶ ἰδοὺ κλίβανοσ καπνιζόμενοσ καὶ λαμπάδεσ πυρόσ, αἳ διῆλθον ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν διχοτομημάτων τούτων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:17)
  • ὁ ἥλιοσ ἐξῆλθεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ Λὼτ εἰσῆλθεν εἰσ Σηγώρ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:23)
  • καὶ ἀπήντησε τόπῳ καὶ ἐκοιμήθῃ ἐκεῖ. ἔδυ γὰρ ὁ ἥλιοσ. καὶ ἔλαβεν ἀπὸ τῶν λίθων τοῦ τόπου, καὶ ἔθηκε πρὸσ κεφαλῆσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἐκείνῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 28:11)
  • ἀνέτειλε δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἥλιοσ, ἡνίκα παρῆλθε τὸ εἶδοσ τοῦ Θεοῦ. αὐτὸσ δέ ἐπέσκαζε τῷ μηρῷ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:31)
  • εἶδε δὲ ἐνύπνιον ἕτερον καὶ διηγήσατο αὐτῷ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖσ ἀδελφοῖσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπεν. ἰδοὺ ἐνυπνιασάμην ἐνύπνιον ἕτερον, ὥσπερ ὁ ἥλιοσ καὶ ἡ σελήνη καὶ ἕνδεκα ἀστέρεσ προσεκύνουν με. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 37:9)

Synonyms

  1. sun

  2. east

  3. day

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