ἅλως

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀλωή (alōḗ) — Epic
• ἀλωά (alōá) — Doric

Etymology

Probably from Pre-Greek. Compare, however, Albanian lëmë and its proto-form.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /há.lɔːs/ → /ˈa.los/ → /ˈa.los/

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

Noun

ᾰ̔́λως • (hắlōs) f (genitive ᾰ̔́λω); second declension

1. threshing floor
2. grain on the floor
3. disk (of the sun, the moon, or a shield)
4. halo
5. serpent's coil
6. bird's nest
7. ciliary body of the eye
8. circular piazza at Delphi

Declension

Attic second declension of ἡ ᾰ̔́λως; τῆς ᾰ̔́λω (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̔́λως hē hắlōs	τὼ ᾰ̔́λω tṑ hắlō	αἱ ᾰ̔́λῳ hai hắlōi
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̔́λω tês hắlō	τοῖν ᾰ̔́λῳν toîn hắlōin	τῶν ᾰ̔́λων tôn hắlōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̔́λῳ tēî hắlōi	τοῖν ᾰ̔́λῳν toîn hắlōin	ταῖς ᾰ̔́λῳς taîs hắlōis
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̔́λω / ᾰ̔́λων tḕn hắlō(n)	τὼ ᾰ̔́λω tṑ hắlō	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̔́λως tā̀s hắlōs
Vocative	ᾰ̔́λως hắlōs	ᾰ̔́λω hắlō	ᾰ̔́λῳ hắlōi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Εὐρύαλος (Eurúalos)

Descendants

• Greek: αλώνι (alóni), άλως (álos)
• → Arabic: هَالَة (hāla)
• → Latin: halōs
  • → English: halo
  • → Czech: halo
  • → Danish: halo
  • → Dutch: halo
  • → Finnish: halo
  • → French: halo
    • → Romanian: halo, halou
  • → German: Halo
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: halo
  • → Polish: halo
  • → Portuguese: halo
  • → Swedish: halo
  • → Spanish: halo
  • → Yiddish: האַלאָ (halo)
• → Old Armenian: կալ (kal) (semantic loan)

Further reading

• “ἅλως”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἅλως”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἅλως” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette