σάλος

See also: σαλός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂-el?-o-, from *tewh₂- (“to swell, to crowd, to be strong”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sá.los/ → /ˈsa.los/ → /ˈsa.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sá.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.los/

Noun

σάλος • (sálos) m (genitive σάλου); second declension

1. A rolling or tossing motion
2. the movement of the sea
3. earthquake
4. a ship rolling in the sea
5. distemper, restlessness, perplexity

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σᾰ́λος; τοῦ σᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σᾰ́λος ho sálos	τὼ σᾰ́λω tṑ sálō	οἱ σᾰ́λοι hoi sáloi
Genitive	τοῦ σᾰ́λου toû sálou	τοῖν σᾰ́λοιν toîn sáloin	τῶν σᾰ́λων tôn sálōn
Dative	τῷ σᾰ́λῳ tôi sálōi	τοῖν σᾰ́λοιν toîn sáloin	τοῖς σᾰ́λοις toîs sálois
Accusative	τὸν σᾰ́λον tòn sálon	τὼ σᾰ́λω tṑ sálō	τοὺς σᾰ́λους toùs sálous
Vocative	σᾰ́λε sále	σᾰ́λω sálō	σᾰ́λοι sáloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σάλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σάλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4535 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • billow idem, page 79.
  • heaving idem, page 393.
  • oscillation idem, page 580.
  • rocking idem, page 720.
  • roll idem, page 720.
  • surge idem, page 843.
  • sway idem, page 847.
  • swell idem, page 848.
  • tossing idem, page 884.
  • vibration idem, page 950.
  • wash idem, page 964.
  • wave idem, page 967.

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Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek σάλος (sálos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.los/
• Hyphenation: σά‧λος

Noun

σάλος • (sálos) m

1. (nautical) strong movement of the sea

   Synonyms: θαλασσοταραχή (thalassotarachí), τρικυμία (trikymía), φουρτούνα (fourtoúna), αναταραχή (anatarachí), αντάρα (antára), κλύδων (klýdon)

2. (by extension) unrest

   Παραιτήθηκε ο πρωθυπουργός. Έγινε σάλος. ― Paraitíthike o prothypourgós. Égine sálos. ― The prime minister resigned. There was an uproar.

   Synonyms: αναστάτωση (anastátosi), αναταραχή (anatarachí), αναβρασμός (anavrasmós), αντάρα (antára)

   Antonyms: γαλήνη (galíni), ηρεμία (iremía)

Declension

  σάλος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	σάλος •
genitive	σάλου •
accusative	σάλο •
vocative	σάλε •