Ἀχελῷος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀχελώϊος (Akhelṓïos) — Poetic

Etymology

Probably from Pre-Greek, possibly Semitic, with the first element representing Akkadian 𒀀𒄷 (“river bank”) and second element representing 𒅋𒇻 (“watercourse”) or 𒄿𒇻 (“deity, god”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kʰe.lɔ̂ːi̯.os/ → /a.çeˈlo.os/ → /a.çeˈlo.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰe.lɔ̂ːi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kʰeˈlo.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.çeˈlo.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.çeˈlo.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.çeˈlo.os/

Proper noun

Ἀχελῷος • (Akhelôios) m (genitive Ἀχελῴου); second declension

1. Achelous, a name of several rivers
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 21.194
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.616
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 340
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 9.5.10
2. (Poetic) a stream, water
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 5
   • 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 625
   • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, Fragments 351
   • Achae. 9
   • 400 BCE – 330 BCE, Ephorus, Universal History 27

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀχελῷος; τοῦ Ἀχελῴου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀχελῷος ho Akhelôios
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀχελῴου toû Akhelṓiou
Dative	τῷ Ἀχελῴῳ tôi Akhelṓiōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀχελῷον tòn Akhelôion
Vocative	Ἀχελῷε Akhelôie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ὁ Ἀχελώϊος; τοῦ Ἀχελωΐου (Poetic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀχελώϊος ho Akhelṓïos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀχελωΐου toû Akhelōḯou
Dative	τῷ Ἀχελωΐῳ tôi Akhelōḯōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀχελώϊον tòn Akhelṓïon
Vocative	Ἀχελώϊε Akhelṓïe
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Related terms

• Ἀχελωΐδες (Akhelōḯdes)

Descendants

• Greek: Αχελώος (Achelóos)
• Latin: Achelous

References

• Molinari and Sisci (2016). Potamikon: Sinews of Acheloios. pp. 93–5

Further reading

• “Ἀχελῷος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ἀχελῷος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἀχελῷος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999