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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

  • πολλαὶ γὰρ ἀλλήλαισ ἐπίκεινται πλάκεσ, πάγων ἐπὶ πάγοισ γενομένων τῆσ χιόνοσ κρυσταλλωδῶν καὶ τῶν ἐπιπολῆσ ἀεὶ ῥᾳδίωσ ἀπολυομένων ἀπὸ τῶν ἐντὸσ πρὶν διαλυθῆναι τελέωσ ἐν τοῖσ ἡλίοισ. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 6 12:13)
  • τούσ τε ξυλίνουσ καρποὺσ γεννᾶσθαι πολλοὺσ καὶ τὰσ ῥίζασ τῶν φυτῶν καὶ μάλιστα τῶν μεγάλων καλάμων, γλυκείασ καὶ φύσει καὶ ἑψήσει χλιαινομένου τοῦ ὕδατοσ τοῖσ ἡλίοισ τοῦ τ’ ἐκπίπτοντοσ ἐκ Διὸσ καὶ τοῦ ποταμίου. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 40:7)

Synonyms

  1. sun

  2. east

  3. day

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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