ἵλαος

ἵλαος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἵλεως (híleōs) – Attic
• ἵλεος (híleos)
• ἵληϝος (hílēwos)
• ἴλλᾱος (íllāos) – Aeolic

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”). Cognate with Latin sōlor.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hǐː.laː.os/ → /ˈi.la.os/ → /ˈi.la.os/

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

Adjective

ῑ̔́λᾱος • (hī́lāos) m or f (neuter ῑ̔́λᾱον); second declension

1. propitious, gracious, merciful
2. kind, mild, gentle

Inflection

Second declension of ῑ̔́λᾱος; ῑ̔́λᾱον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῑ̔́λᾱος hī́lāos	ῑ̔́λᾱον hī́lāon		ῑ̔λᾱ́ω hīlā́ō	ῑ̔λᾱ́ω hīlā́ō		ῑ̔́λᾱοι hī́lāoi	ῑ̔́λᾱᾰ hī́lāa
Genitive		ῑ̔λᾱ́ου hīlā́ou	ῑ̔λᾱ́ου hīlā́ou		ῑ̔λᾱ́οιν hīlā́oin	ῑ̔λᾱ́οιν hīlā́oin		ῑ̔λᾱ́ων hīlā́ōn	ῑ̔λᾱ́ων hīlā́ōn
Dative		ῑ̔λᾱ́ῳ hīlā́ōi	ῑ̔λᾱ́ῳ hīlā́ōi		ῑ̔λᾱ́οιν hīlā́oin	ῑ̔λᾱ́οιν hīlā́oin		ῑ̔λᾱ́οις hīlā́ois	ῑ̔λᾱ́οις hīlā́ois
Accusative		ῑ̔́λᾱον hī́lāon	ῑ̔́λᾱον hī́lāon		ῑ̔λᾱ́ω hīlā́ō	ῑ̔λᾱ́ω hīlā́ō		ῑ̔λᾱ́ους hīlā́ous	ῑ̔́λᾱᾰ hī́lāa
Vocative		ῑ̔́λᾱε hī́lāe	ῑ̔́λᾱον hī́lāon		ῑ̔λᾱ́ω hīlā́ō	ῑ̔λᾱ́ω hīlā́ō		ῑ̔́λᾱοι hī́lāoi	ῑ̔́λᾱᾰ hī́lāa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ῑ̔λᾱ́ως hīlā́ōs			ῑ̔λᾱότερος hīlāóteros			ῑ̔λᾱότᾰτος hīlāótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἱλαρός (hilarós)
• ἱλάσκομαι (hiláskomai)

References

• ἵλαος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἵλαος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἵλαος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἵλαος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἵλαος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter