Ἑλένη
See also: Ελένη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Feminine form of Ἕλενος (Hélenos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /he.lé.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)eˈle.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈle.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈle.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈle.ni/
Proper noun
Ἑλένη • (Helénē) f (genitive Ἑλένης); first declension
- a female given name, equivalent to English Helen
Inflection
Related terms
- Ἕλενος (Hélenos)
Descendants
- Greek: Ελένη (Eléni)
- → Georgian: ელენე (elene)
- → Latin: Helena, Helene (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: Հեղինէ (Hełinē)
- Armenian: Հեղինե (Heġine)
- → Old Church Slavonic: Елена (Elena)
- → Persian: هلن (Helen)
Further reading
- “Ἑλένη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἑλένη 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, page 1,012
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- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek proper nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension proper nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek given names
- Ancient Greek female given names