ἥλιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀβέλιος (Cretan)
• ἀέλιος (Doric, Aeolic, Arcadocypriot)
• ἅλιος
• ἠέλιος (Homeric)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic, from a pre-Hellenic or later Proto-Indo-European *sāwélios, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic слъньцє (slŭnĭce), Latin sol, Sanskrit सूर (sūra).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /hɛ͜ɛ́li.os/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /héːlios/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ílios/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ílios/

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

Noun

ἥλιος (genitive ἡλίου) m, second declension; (hēlios)

1. sun
2. east
3. day
4. sunshine

Inflection

Second declension of ἥλιος, ἡλίου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἥλιος	τὼ ἡλίω	οἱ ἥλιοι
Genitive	τοῦ ἡλίου	τοῖν ἡλίοιν	τῶν ἡλίων
Dative	τῷ ἡλίῳ	τοῖν ἡλίοιν	τοῖς ἡλίοις
Accusative	τὸν ἥλιον	τὼ ἡλίω	τοὺς ἡλίους
Vocative	ἥλιε	ἡλίω	ἥλιοι

Derived terms

• Ἥλιος

Descendants

• Greek: ήλιος

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G2246