Ἰνδολέτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compound of Ἰνδός (Indós) +‎ ὄλλυμι (óllumi).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /in.do.lé.tɛːs/ → /in.doˈle.tis/ → /in.doˈle.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /in.do.lé.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /in.doˈle.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /in.doˈle.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /in.doˈle.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /in.doˈle.tis/

Noun

Ἰνδολέτης • (Indolétēs) m (genitive Ἰνδολέτου); first declension

1. Indian-killer, epithet of Dionysus
   • Pseudo-Callisthenes, Alexander Romance 3.22:

     ὁ Περσολέτης, ὁ Ἰνδολέτης, ὁ καθελὼν τρόπαια Μήδων καὶ Πάρθων νῦν χωρὶς πολέμων καὶ στρατείας ὑποχείριος ἐγίνου Κανδάκῃ βασιλίσσῃ· ὥστε γίνωσκε, Ἀλέξανδρε, ὅτι ὅστις δοκεῖ τῶν ἀνθρώπων φρονεῖν μέγα, ἄλλος μείζονα τούτου τὴν φρόνησιν σχῇ

     ho Persolétēs, ho Indolétēs, ho kathelṑn trópaia Mḗdōn kaì Párthōn nûn khōrìs polémōn kaì strateías hupokheírios egínou Kandákēi basilíssēi; hṓste gínōske, Aléxandre, hóti hóstis dokeî tôn anthrṓpōn phroneîn méga, állos meízona toútou tḕn phrónēsin skhēî

     That slayer of Persians, that killer of Indians, who had brought down the trophies of the Medes and Parthians, now, without wars or armies, became subject to Queen Candace; so it happened, Alexander, that he who tries men to be wise, another makes his wisdom greater than his.

Declension

First declension of ὁ Ῐ̓νδολέτης; τοῦ Ῐ̓νδολέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ῐ̓νδολέτης ho Ĭndolétēs	τὼ Ῐ̓νδολέτᾱ tṑ Ĭndolétā	οἱ Ῐ̓νδολέται hoi Ĭndolétai
Genitive	τοῦ Ῐ̓νδολέτου toû Ĭndolétou	τοῖν Ῐ̓νδολέταιν toîn Ĭndolétain	τῶν Ῐ̓νδολετῶν tôn Ĭndoletôn
Dative	τῷ Ῐ̓νδολέτῃ tōî Ĭndolétēi	τοῖν Ῐ̓νδολέταιν toîn Ĭndolétain	τοῖς Ῐ̓νδολέταις toîs Ĭndolétais
Accusative	τὸν Ῐ̓νδολέτην tòn Ĭndolétēn	τὼ Ῐ̓νδολέτᾱ tṑ Ĭndolétā	τοὺς Ῐ̓νδολέτᾱς toùs Ĭndolétās
Vocative	Ῐ̓νδολέτᾰ Ĭndolétă	Ῐ̓νδολέτᾱ Ĭndolétā	Ῐ̓νδολέται Ĭndolétai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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