Ἕλλη

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hél.lɛː/ → /ˈel.li/ → /ˈe.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hél.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)el.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈel.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈel.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.li/

Proper noun

Ἕλλη • (Héllē) f (genitive Ἕλλης); first declension

1. Helle

Declension

First declension of ἡ Ἕλλη; τῆς Ἕλλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἕλλη hē Héllē
Genitive	τῆς Ἕλλης tês Héllēs
Dative	τῇ Ἕλλῃ têi Héllēi
Accusative	τὴν Ἕλλην tḕn Héllēn
Vocative	Ἕλλη Héllē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἑλλήσποντος (Hellḗspontos)

Descendants

• Greek: Έλλη (Élli)
• Latin: Helle

Further reading

• Ἕλλη 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 1,012