ἤλεκτρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Possibly related to Sanskrit उल्का (ulka, “meteor”). Or, related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining sun”), from ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”). Or, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "pregrc" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF..
Pronunciation
- (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
ἤλεκτρον • (ḗlektron) n (genitive ἠλέκτρου); second declension
Inflection
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
- ἠλέκτρινος (ēléktrinos)
- Ἠλεκτρίς (Ēlektrís)
- ἠλεκτροφαής (ēlektrophaḗs)
- ἠλεκτρώδης (ēlektrṓdēs)
Descendants
- → English: electro-
- → French: électro-
- Greek: ήλεκτρο (ílektro)
- → Latin: electrum
- → Russian: электрон (elektron)
Further reading
- “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.