Έλληνας

See also: έλληνας and Ἕλληνας

Greek[edit]

Greek Wikipedia has an article on:

Έλληνας

From Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “Greek, Hellene”), from the accusative singular τόν (tón, “the”) Ἕλληνα (Héllēna, “Greek, Hellene”).^[1] In Hellenistic Christian times: "Gentile, pagan". In Medieval Greek, the sense was either a "Greek" or a derogatory term for an "idolater"^[2] (calling himself Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos), regaining its "Greek" sense after the 11th century. In Early Modern Greek the ethnonymic terms used instead were Ρωμιός (Romiós) or Γραικός (Graikós).^[3]

Έλληνας • (Éllinas) m (plural Έλληνες, feminine Ελληνίδα)

(male) Greek or Hellene (a native, citizen or inhabitant of Greece, or someone who has Greek (Hellenic) ancestry)
Ήρθαν ένας Έλληνας και μία Ελληνίδα. Είναι οι έλληνες φίλοι μου.
Írthan énas Éllinas kai mía Ellinída. Eínai oi éllines fíloi mou.
One Greek (man) and one Greek (woman) came. They are my Greek friends.
for adjectival use, see έλληνας (éllinas)

declension of Έλληνας

^ Έλληνας - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
^ Έλληνας - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)
^ Έλληνας - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre