ἕωλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἕως (héōs, “until, till”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hé.ɔː.los/ → /ˈe.o.los/ → /ˈe.o.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hé.ɔː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e.o.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.o.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.o.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.o.los/

Adjective

ἕωλος • (héōlos) m or f (neuter ἕωλον); second declension

1. stale, a day old, kept till the morrow
2. (of actions) stale, out of date
3. (of money) lying without use, hoarded
4. (of payments) in arrear, not paid yet
5. (of persons) coming a day too late
6. suffering from the effects of a debauch

Declension

Second declension of ἕωλος; ἕωλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἕωλος héōlos	ἕωλον héōlon		ἑώλω heṓlō	ἑώλω heṓlō		ἕωλοι héōloi	ἕωλᾰ héōla
Genitive		ἑώλου heṓlou	ἑώλου heṓlou		ἑώλοιν heṓloin	ἑώλοιν heṓloin		ἑώλων heṓlōn	ἑώλων heṓlōn
Dative		ἑώλῳ heṓlōi	ἑώλῳ heṓlōi		ἑώλοιν heṓloin	ἑώλοιν heṓloin		ἑώλοις heṓlois	ἑώλοις heṓlois
Accusative		ἕωλον héōlon	ἕωλον héōlon		ἑώλω heṓlō	ἑώλω heṓlō		ἑώλους heṓlous	ἕωλᾰ héōla
Vocative		ἕωλε héōle	ἕωλον héōlon		ἑώλω heṓlō	ἑώλω heṓlō		ἕωλοι héōloi	ἕωλᾰ héōla
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἑώλως heṓlōs			ἑωλότερος heōlóteros			ἑωλότᾰτος heōlótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἑωλίζω (heōlízō)
• ἑωλισμός (heōlismós)
• ἑωλοκρασία (heōlokrasía)
• ἑωλονεκρός (heōlonekrós)

 

Descendants

• Greek: έωλος (éolos)

Further reading

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