χελιδών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The irregular form and suffix lead Beekes to suggest a Mediterranean Pre-Greek origin, as he doesn't find a connection to Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to cry out”) (cognate with Middle High German glien (“to cry”), Old High German gellan (“to cry”)) convincing. Compare Latin hirundō.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰe.liː.dɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰe.liˈdon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /çe.liˈðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çe.liˈðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çe.liˈðon/
Noun
χελῑδών • (khelīdṓn) f (genitive χελῑδόνος); third declension
- the swallow
- the frog in a horse’s foot
Declension
Third declension of ἡ χελῑδών; τῆς χελῑδόνος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ χελῑδών hē khelīdṓn | τὼ χελῑδόνε tṑ khelīdóne | αἱ χελῑδόνες hai khelīdónes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς χελῑδόνος tês khelīdónos | τοῖν χελῑδόνοιν toîn khelīdónoin | τῶν χελῑδόνων tôn khelīdónōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ χελῑδόνῐ têi khelīdóni | τοῖν χελῑδόνοιν toîn khelīdónoin | ταῖς χελῑδόσῐ / χελῑδόσῐν taîs khelīdósi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν χελῑδόνᾰ tḕn khelīdóna | τὼ χελῑδόνε tṑ khelīdóne | τᾱ̀ς χελῑδόνᾰς tā̀s khelīdónas | ||||||||||
Vocative | χελῑδοῖ khelīdoî | χελῑδόνε khelīdóne | χελῑδόνες khelīdónes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- χελῑδόνῐος (khelīdónios)
- χελῑδόνῐον (khelīdónion)
Descendants
- Latin: chelīdōn
References
- “χελιδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χελιδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “χελιδών”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χελιδών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- χελιδών 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- swallow idem, page 846.
- swift idem, page 848.