ἵλημι

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hǐː.lɛː.mi/ → /ˈi.li.mi/ → /ˈi.li.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hǐː.lɛː.mi/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)i.le̝.mi/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.mi/

Verb

ἵλημι • (hílēmi)

1. Alternative form of ἱλήκω (hilḗkō, “to be gracious”)

Conjugation

The only attested form is the second-person singular present active imperative, which is found in three different dialectal forms:

• ῑ̔́ληθῐ (hī́lēthi) — Epic
• ἔλλᾱθῐ (éllāthi) — Aeolic
• ῑ̔́λᾰθῐ (hī́lathi) — Doric

References

• “ἵλημι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἵλημι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἵλημι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἵλημι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἵλημι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963