εἰλεός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἰλεός (ileós)
Etymology
From εἰλέω (eiléō), εἴλω (eílō, “to shut in”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eː.le.ós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.leˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.leˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.leˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.leˈos/
Noun
εἰλεός • (eileós) m (genitive εἰλεοῦ); second declension
- (anatomy) intestinal obstruction, ileus
- den, hole
- Alternative form of ἐλεός (eleós, “butcher's block”)
- a kind of vine
Declension
Second declension of ὁ εἰλεός; τοῦ εἰλεοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ εἰλεός ho eileós | τὼ εἰλεώ tṑ eileṓ | οἱ εἰλεοί hoi eileoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ εἰλεοῦ toû eileoû | τοῖν εἰλεοῖν toîn eileoîn | τῶν εἰλεῶν tôn eileôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ εἰλεῷ tôi eileôi | τοῖν εἰλεοῖν toîn eileoîn | τοῖς εἰλεοῖς toîs eileoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν εἰλεόν tòn eileón | τὼ εἰλεώ tṑ eileṓ | τοὺς εἰλεούς toùs eileoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | εἰλεέ eileé | εἰλεώ eileṓ | εἰλεοί eileoí | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- χορδαψός (khordapsós)
Derived terms
- εἰλεός ἰκτερώδης (eileós ikterṓdēs, “jaundice”)
- εἰλεός αἱματίτης (eileós haimatítēs, “scurvy”)
Descendants
- Greek: ειλεός (eileós)
Further reading
- “εἰλεός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- εἰλεός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)