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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

  • περὶ δὲ ἡλίου δυσμὰσ ἔκστασισ ἐπέπεσε τῷ Ἅβραμ, καὶ ἰδοὺ φόβοσ σκοτεινὸσ μέγασ ἐπιπίπτει αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:12)
  • αἱ δὲ χεῖρεσ Μωυσῆ βαρεῖαι. καὶ λαβόντεσ λίθον ὑπέθηκαν ὑπ̓ αὐτόν, καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐπ̓ αὐτοῦ, καὶ Ἀαρὼν καὶ Ὢρ ἐστήριζον τὰσ χεῖρασ αὐτοῦ, ἐντεῦθεν εἷσ καὶ ἐντεῦθεν εἷσ. καὶ ἐγένοντο αἱ χεῖρεσ Μωυσῆ ἐστηριγμέναι ἕωσ δυσμῶν ἡλίου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 17:12)
  • ἐὰν δὲ ἐνεχύρασμα ἐνεχυράσῃσ τὸ ἱμάτιον τοῦ πλησίον, πρὸ δυσμῶν ἡλίου ἀποδώσεισ αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 22:26)
  • καὶ ἐξάραντεσ ἐξ Ὠβώθ, καὶ παρενέβαλον ἐν Ἀχαλγαὶ ἐκ τοῦ πέραν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἥ ἐστι κατὰ πρόσωπον Μωάβ, κατ’ ἀνατολὰσ ἡλίου. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 21:11)
  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ τῷ Μωυσῇ. λαβὲ πάντασ τοὺσ ἀρχηγοὺσ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ παραδειγμάτισον αὐτοὺσ Κυρίῳ κατέναντι τοῦ ἡλίου, καὶ ἀποστραφήσεται ὀργὴ θυμοῦ Κυρίου ἀπὸ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 25:4)

Synonyms

  1. sun

  2. east

  3. day

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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