βέλεμνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to hit by throwing”), the same root of βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bé.lem.non/ → /ˈβe.lem.non/ → /ˈve.lem.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bé.lem.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.lem.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβe.lem.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈve.lem.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈve.lem.non/

Noun

βέλεμνον • (bélemnon) n (genitive βελέμνου); second declension

1. dart, javelin
2. projectile

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βέλεμνον; τοῦ βελέμνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βέλεμνον tò bélemnon	τὼ βελέμνω tṑ belémnō	τᾰ̀ βέλεμνᾰ tà bélemna
Genitive	τοῦ βελέμνου toû belémnou	τοῖν βελέμνοιν toîn belémnoin	τῶν βελέμνων tôn belémnōn
Dative	τῷ βελέμνῳ tôi belémnōi	τοῖν βελέμνοιν toîn belémnoin	τοῖς βελέμνοις toîs belémnois
Accusative	τὸ βέλεμνον tò bélemnon	τὼ βελέμνω tṑ belémnō	τᾰ̀ βέλεμνᾰ tà bélemna
Vocative	βέλεμνον bélemnon	βελέμνω belémnō	βέλεμνᾰ bélemna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βέλεμνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βέλεμνον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βέλεμνον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN