Ἑλλάς

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

See Ἕλλην

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /hel̚lás/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /hɛl̚lás/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /el̚lás/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /el̚lás/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /elás/

Proper noun

Ἑλλάς (genitive Ἑλλάδος) f, third declension; (Hellas)

1. various areas in Greece, such as the region surrounding Dodona, Thessaly, Phthiotis, or Northern Greece.
2. Greece
3. All lands inhabited by Greeks, including Ionia
4. the Greek language

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἑλλάς
Genitive	τῆς Ἑλλάδος
Dative	τῇ Ἑλλάδῐ
Accusative	τὴν Ἑλλάδᾰ
Vocative	Ἑλλάς

Derived terms

• Ἑλλαδικός

Descendants

• Greek: Ελλάς (Ellás); Ελλάδα (Elláda)
• Latin: Hellas

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong's Concordance number: G1671
• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1011