ἄλεισον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Probably a loanword or an expansion of λείβω (leíbō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.leː.son/ → /ˈa.li.son/ → /ˈa.li.son/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.leː.son/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.son/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.son/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.son/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.son/

Noun

ᾰ̓́λεισον • (áleison) n (genitive ᾰ̓λείσου); second declension

1. A cup, a goblet
2. (anatomy) The socket of the hip joint

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́λεισον; τοῦ ᾰ̓λείσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́λεισον tò áleison	τὼ ᾰ̓λείσω tṑ aleísō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́λεισᾰ tà áleisa
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓λείσου toû aleísou	τοῖν ᾰ̓λείσοιν toîn aleísoin	τῶν ᾰ̓λείσων tôn aleísōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓λείσῳ tôi aleísōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓λείσοιν toîn aleísoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓λείσοις toîs aleísois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́λεισον tò áleison	τὼ ᾰ̓λείσω tṑ aleísō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́λεισᾰ tà áleisa
Vocative	ᾰ̓́λεισον áleison	ᾰ̓λείσω aleísō	ᾰ̓́λεισᾰ áleisa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἄλεισον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄλεισον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄλεισον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN