ἑλεδώνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to χελώνη (khelṓnē) and γογγρώνη (gongrṓnē). The word has been compared with δελεδώνη (deledṓnē, “kind of fish”) by Beekes, who suggests a Pre-Greek etymology.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.le.dɔ̌ː.nɛː/ → /e.leˈðo.ni/ → /e.leˈðo.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.le.dɔ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e.leˈdo.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.leˈðo.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.leˈðo.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.leˈðo.ni/

Noun

ἑλεδώνη • (heledṓnē) f (genitive ἑλεδώνης); first declension

1. musky octopus (Eledone moschata)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἑλεδώνη; τῆς ἑλεδώνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἑλεδώνη hē heledṓnē	τὼ ἑλεδώνᾱ tṑ heledṓnā	αἱ ἑλεδῶναι hai heledônai
Genitive	τῆς ἑλεδώνης tês heledṓnēs	τοῖν ἑλεδώναιν toîn heledṓnain	τῶν ἑλεδωνῶν tôn heledōnôn
Dative	τῇ ἑλεδώνῃ têi heledṓnēi	τοῖν ἑλεδώναιν toîn heledṓnain	ταῖς ἑλεδώναις taîs heledṓnais
Accusative	τὴν ἑλεδώνην tḕn heledṓnēn	τὼ ἑλεδώνᾱ tṑ heledṓnā	τᾱ̀ς ἑλεδώνᾱς tā̀s heledṓnās
Vocative	ἑλεδώνη heledṓnē	ἑλεδώνᾱ heledṓnā	ἑλεδῶναι heledônai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Eledone

Further reading

• “ἑλεδώνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἑλεδώνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἑλεδώνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἑλεδώνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 405