ἁλιάετος

See also: αλιάετος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̔λῐαίετος (haliaíetos) — Poetic

Etymology

From ᾰ̔́λς (háls, “salt, sea”) +‎ ᾱ̓ετός (āetós, “eagle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ha.li.ǎː.e.tos/ → /a.liˈa.e.tos/ → /a.liˈa.e.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ha.li.ǎː.e.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)a.liˈa.e.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.liˈa.e.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.liˈa.e.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.liˈa.e.tos/

Noun

ᾰ̔λῐᾱ́ετος • (haliā́etos) m (genitive ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτου); second declension

1. uncertain: probably osprey (Pandion haliaetus) or white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ᾰ̔λῐᾱ́ετος; τοῦ ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̔λῐᾱ́ετος ho haliā́etos	τὼ ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτω tṑ haliāétō	οἱ ᾰ̔λῐᾱ́ετοι hoi haliā́etoi
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτου toû haliāétou	τοῖν ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτοιν toîn haliāétoin	τῶν ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτων tôn haliāétōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτῳ tôi haliāétōi	τοῖν ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτοιν toîn haliāétoin	τοῖς ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτοις toîs haliāétois
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̔λῐᾱ́ετον tòn haliā́eton	τὼ ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτω tṑ haliāétō	τοὺς ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτους toùs haliāétous
Vocative	ᾰ̔λῐᾱ́ετε haliā́ete	ᾰ̔λῐᾱέτω haliāétō	ᾰ̔λῐᾱ́ετοι haliā́etoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: haliaetos
• Translingual: haliaetus

Further reading

• “ἁλιάετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἁλιάετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἁλιάετος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἁλιάετος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • eagle idem, page 258.
  • osprey idem, page 580.