ἰάλεμος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἰήλεμος (iḗlemos) – Ionic
Etymology
It is improbable that this expressive word derives from the interjection ἰή (iḗ). The suffix is found only in κοάλεμος (koálemos, “stupid fellow, booby”), which may have influenced the later meaning of this word. Since κοάλεμος (koálemos) is Pre-Greek, the same must hold for the present word.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /i.ǎː.le.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /iˈa.le.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈa.le.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈa.le.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈa.le.mos/
Noun
ἰᾱ́λεμος • (iā́lemos) m (genitive ἰᾱλέμου); second declension
- lament, dirge
- Synonym: θρῆνος (thrênos)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἰᾱ́λεμμος; τοῦ ἰᾱλέμμου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἰᾱ́λεμμος ho iā́lemmos | τὼ ἰᾱλέμμω tṑ iālémmō | οἱ ἰᾱ́λεμμοι hoi iā́lemmoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἰᾱλέμμου toû iālémmou | τοῖν ἰᾱλέμμοιν toîn iālémmoin | τῶν ἰᾱλέμμων tôn iālémmōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἰᾱλέμμῳ tôi iālémmōi | τοῖν ἰᾱλέμμοιν toîn iālémmoin | τοῖς ἰᾱλέμμοις toîs iālémmois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἰᾱ́λεμμον tòn iā́lemmon | τὼ ἰᾱλέμμω tṑ iālémmō | τοὺς ἰᾱλέμμους toùs iālémmous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἰᾱ́λεμμε iā́lemme | ἰᾱλέμμω iālémmō | ἰᾱ́λεμμοι iā́lemmoi | ||||||||||
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Adjective
ἰᾱ́λεμος • (iā́lemos) m or f (neuter ἰᾱ́λεμον); second declension
- hapless, melancholic
- tedious, dull, stupid
Declension
Second declension of ἰᾱ́λεμος; ἰᾱ́λεμον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἰᾱ́λεμος iā́lemos | ἰᾱ́λεμον iā́lemon | ἰᾱλέμω iālémō | ἰᾱλέμω iālémō | ἰᾱ́λεμοι iā́lemoi | ἰᾱ́λεμᾰ iā́lema | ||||||||
Genitive | ἰᾱλέμου iālémou | ἰᾱλέμου iālémou | ἰᾱλέμοιν iālémoin | ἰᾱλέμοιν iālémoin | ἰᾱλέμων iālémōn | ἰᾱλέμων iālémōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἰᾱλέμῳ iālémōi | ἰᾱλέμῳ iālémōi | ἰᾱλέμοιν iālémoin | ἰᾱλέμοιν iālémoin | ἰᾱλέμοις iālémois | ἰᾱλέμοις iālémois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἰᾱ́λεμον iā́lemon | ἰᾱ́λεμον iā́lemon | ἰᾱλέμω iālémō | ἰᾱλέμω iālémō | ἰᾱλέμους iālémous | ἰᾱ́λεμᾰ iā́lema | ||||||||
Vocative | ἰᾱ́λεμε iā́leme | ἰᾱ́λεμον iā́lemon | ἰᾱλέμω iālémō | ἰᾱλέμω iālémō | ἰᾱ́λεμοι iā́lemoi | ἰᾱ́λεμᾰ iā́lema | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἰᾱλέμως iālémōs | ἰᾱλεμώτερος iālemṓteros | ἰᾱλεμώτᾰτος iālemṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἰαλεμέω (ialeméō)
- ἰαλεμίζω (ialemízō)
- ἰαλεμίστρια (ialemístria)
- ἰαλεμώδης (ialemṓdēs)
Further reading
- “ἰάλεμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἰάλεμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἰάλεμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN