ἤλεκτρον
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to Ancient Greek ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining, brilliant; byname of the Sun”), with further origin unknown. Possible, though doubtful, connections include Sanskrit उल्का (ulkā́, “meteor”) and/or Latin Vulcānus (“god of fire and metalworking”), Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”), or Pre-Greek.[1][2][3][4]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛ̌ː.lek.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe̝.lek.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.lek.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.lek.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.lek.tron/
Noun
[edit]ἤλεκτρον • (ḗlektron) n (genitive ἠλέκτρου); second declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἤλεκτρον tò ḗlektron |
τὼ ἠλέκτρω tṑ ēléktrō |
τᾰ̀ ἤλεκτρᾰ tà ḗlektra | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἠλέκτρου toû ēléktrou |
τοῖν ἠλέκτροιν toîn ēléktroin |
τῶν ἠλέκτρων tôn ēléktrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἠλέκτρῳ tôi ēléktrōi |
τοῖν ἠλέκτροιν toîn ēléktroin |
τοῖς ἠλέκτροις toîs ēléktrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἤλεκτρον tò ḗlektron |
τὼ ἠλέκτρω tṑ ēléktrō |
τᾰ̀ ἤλεκτρᾰ tà ḗlektra | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἤλεκτρον ḗlektron |
ἠλέκτρω ēléktrō |
ἤλεκτρᾰ ḗlektra | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἠλέκτρινος (ēléktrinos)
- Ἠλεκτρίς (Ēlektrís)
- ἠλεκτροφαής (ēlektrophaḗs)
- ἠλεκτρώδης (ēlektrṓdēs)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: electro-
- → French: électro-
- Greek: ήλεκτρο (ílektro)
- → Latin: electrum
- → Russian: электрон (elektron)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἠλέκτωρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 514
- ^ Frisk, Hjalmar (1960) “ἤλεκτρον”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 629
- ^ Boisacq, Émile (1916) “ἤλεκτρον”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 319
- ^ Chantraine, Pierre (1968–1980) “ἤλεκτρον”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), volume 1, Paris: Klincksieck, page 409
Further reading
[edit]- “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.
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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