ἱλαστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῑ̔λᾰ́σκομαι (hīláskomai, “to appease”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hiː.las.tɛ̌ːs/ → /i.lasˈtis/ → /i.lasˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hiː.las.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)i.lasˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.lasˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.lasˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.lasˈtis/

Noun

ῑ̔λᾰστής • (hīlastḗs) m (genitive ῑ̔λᾰστοῦ); first declension

1. a propitiator, one who propitiates

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ῑ̔λᾰστής; τοῦ ῑ̔λᾰστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῑ̔λᾰστής ho hīlastḗs	τὼ ῑ̔λᾰστᾱ́ tṑ hīlastā́	οἱ ῑ̔λᾰσταί hoi hīlastaí
Genitive	τοῦ ῑ̔λᾰστοῦ toû hīlastoû	τοῖν ῑ̔λᾰσταῖν toîn hīlastaîn	τῶν ῑ̔λᾰστῶν tôn hīlastôn
Dative	τῷ ῑ̔λᾰστῇ tôi hīlastêi	τοῖν ῑ̔λᾰσταῖν toîn hīlastaîn	τοῖς ῑ̔λᾰσταῖς toîs hīlastaîs
Accusative	τὸν ῑ̔λᾰστήν tòn hīlastḗn	τὼ ῑ̔λᾰστᾱ́ tṑ hīlastā́	τοὺς ῑ̔λᾰστᾱ́ς toùs hīlastā́s
Vocative	ῑ̔λᾰστᾰ́ hīlastá	ῑ̔λᾰστᾱ́ hīlastā́	ῑ̔λᾰσταί hīlastaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἱλαστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἱλαστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette