ἅλινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅλς (háls, “salt”) +‎ -ῐνος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /há.li.nos/ → /ˈa.li.nos/ → /ˈa.li.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /há.li.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)a.li.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.nos/

Adjective

ἅλῐνος • (hálinos) m (feminine ἁλίνη, neuter ἅλῐνον); first/second declension

1. of salt

Inflection

First and second declension of ἅλῐνος; ἁλῐ́νη; ἅλῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἅλῐνος hálinos	ἁλῐ́νη halínē	ἅλῐνον hálinon		ἁλῐ́νω halínō	ἁλῐ́νᾱ halínā	ἁλῐ́νω halínō		ἅλῐνοι hálinoi	ἅλῐναι hálinai	ἅλῐνᾰ hálina
Genitive		ἁλῐ́νου halínou	ἁλῐ́νης halínēs	ἁλῐ́νου halínou		ἁλῐ́νοιν halínoin	ἁλῐ́ναιν halínain	ἁλῐ́νοιν halínoin		ἁλῐ́νων halínōn	ἁλῐ́νων halínōn	ἁλῐ́νων halínōn
Dative		ἁλῐ́νῳ halínōi	ἁλῐ́νῃ halínēi	ἁλῐ́νῳ halínōi		ἁλῐ́νοιν halínoin	ἁλῐ́ναιν halínain	ἁλῐ́νοιν halínoin		ἁλῐ́νοις halínois	ἁλῐ́ναις halínais	ἁλῐ́νοις halínois
Accusative		ἅλῐνον hálinon	ἁλῐ́νην halínēn	ἅλῐνον hálinon		ἁλῐ́νω halínō	ἁλῐ́νᾱ halínā	ἁλῐ́νω halínō		ἁλῐ́νους halínous	ἁλῐ́νᾱς halínās	ἅλῐνᾰ hálina
Vocative		ἅλῐνε háline	ἁλῐ́νη halínē	ἅλῐνον hálinon		ἁλῐ́νω halínō	ἁλῐ́νᾱ halínā	ἁλῐ́νω halínō		ἅλῐνοι hálinoi	ἅλῐναι hálinai	ἅλῐνᾰ hálina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἁλῐ́νως halínōs				ἁλῐνώτερος halinṓteros				ἁλῐνώτᾰτος halinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἅλινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἅλινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἅλινος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)