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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

  • πάλαι γὰρ ἐπακροῶμαί σου παρακολουθῶν ἡλίουσ καὶ σελήνασ, ἔτι δὲ τὰ φορτικὰ ταῦτα σταθμούσ τινασ καὶ παρασάγγασ ὑποξενίζοντοσ. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 1:5)
  • καὶ μὴν ὁρᾶν μοι δύο μὲν ἡλίουσ δοκῶ, δισσὰσ δὲ Θήβασ καὶ πόλισμ’ ἑπτάστομον· (Euripides, episode3)
  • δέχ’ ἡλίουσ, ἐν οἷσιν ἁγνεύει λεχώ. (Euripides, episode, lyric 2:10)
  • ἡλίουσ δὲ μυρίουσ μόλισ διελθὼν ᾐσθόμην τὰ τῆσ θεοῦ. (Euripides, Helen, episode, lyric11)
  • "καὶ γὰρ ἡλίουσ καὶ σελήνασ καὶ Ἀπόλλωνασ καὶ Ἀρτέμιδασ καὶ Ποσειδῶνασ ἐν ἀπείροισ κόσμων περιόδοισ ἀπείρουσ ποιοῦσιν. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 293)

Synonyms

  1. sun

  2. east

  3. day

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