ἤλεκτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining sun”), from unknown origin. Possibly related to Sanskrit उल्का (ulka, “meteor”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.lek.tron/ → /ˈi.lek.tron/ → /ˈi.lek.tron/

• (5^th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.lek.tron/
• (1^st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lɛk.tron/
• (4^th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.lek.tron/
• (10^th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.lek.tron/
• (15^th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.lek.tron/

Noun

ἤλεκτρον • (ḗlektron) n (genitive ἠλέκτρου); second declension

1. amber
2. an alloy of gold and silver

Inflection

Second declension of ἤλεκτρον, ἠλέκτρου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἤλεκτρον	ἠλέκτρω	ἤλεκτρᾰ
Genitive	ἠλέκτρου	ἠλέκτροιν	ἠλέκτρων
Dative	ἠλέκτρῳ	ἠλέκτροιν	ἠλέκτροις
Accusative	ἤλεκτρον	ἠλέκτρω	ἤλεκτρᾰ
Vocative	ἤλεκτρον	ἠλέκτρω	ἤλεκτρᾰ
Dialectal forms:
Notes:

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ἠλέκτρινος
• Ἠλεκτρίς

• ἠλεκτροφαής
• ἠλεκτρώδης

Descendants

• English: electro-
• French: électro-
• Greek: ηλεκτρο- (ilektro-)
• Latin: electrum
• Russian: электрон (elektrón)

References

• ἤλεκτρον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἤλεκτρον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἤλεκτρον in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἤλεκτρον» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἤλεκτρον» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amber idem, page 26.
  • silver-gold idem, page 776.