ἵλεως

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Variant of ῑ̔́λαος (hī́laos, “auspicious, favorable”) formed after the pattern νᾱός (nāós) : νεώς (neṓs), λᾱός (lāós) : λεώς (leṓs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hǐː.le.ɔːs/ → /ˈi.le.os/ → /ˈi.le.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hǐː.le.ɔːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)i.le.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.le.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.le.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.le.os/

Adjective

ῑ̔́λεως • (hī́leōs) m or f (neuter ῑ̔́λεων); second declension

1. Attic form of ῑ̔́λαος (hī́laos, “auspicious, favorable”)

Declension

Attic second declension of ῑ̔́λεως; ῑ̔́λεων (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῑ̔́λεως hī́leōs	ῑ̔́λεων hī́leōn		ῑ̔́λεω hī́leō	ῑ̔́λεω hī́leō		ῑ̔́λεῳ hī́leōi	ῑ̔́λεᾰ hī́lea
Genitive		ῑ̔́λεω hī́leō	ῑ̔́λεω hī́leō		ῑ̔́λεῳν hī́leōin	ῑ̔́λεῳν hī́leōin		ῑ̔́λεων hī́leōn	ῑ̔́λεων hī́leōn
Dative		ῑ̔́λεῳ hī́leōi	ῑ̔́λεῳ hī́leōi		ῑ̔́λεῳν hī́leōin	ῑ̔́λεῳν hī́leōin		ῑ̔́λεῳς hī́leōis	ῑ̔́λεῳς hī́leōis
Accusative		ῑ̔́λεω / ῑ̔́λεων hī́leō(n)	ῑ̔́λεων hī́leōn		ῑ̔́λεω hī́leō	ῑ̔́λεω hī́leō		ῑ̔́λεως hī́leōs	ῑ̔́λεᾰ hī́lea
Vocative		ῑ̔́λεως hī́leōs	ῑ̔́λεων hī́leōn		ῑ̔́λεω hī́leō	ῑ̔́λεω hī́leō		ῑ̔́λεῳ hī́leōi	ῑ̔́λεᾰ hī́lea
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ῑ̔́λεως hī́leōs			ῑ̔λεώτερος hīleṓteros			ῑ̔λεώτᾰτος hīleṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • auspicious idem, page 53.
  • favourable idem, page 311.
  • friendly idem, page 345.
  • gracious idem, page 368.
  • placable idem, page 615.
  • propitious idem, page 653.