Δῆλος

See also: Δήλος, and δῆλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Δᾶλος (Dâlos) — Doric

Etymology

See δῆλος (dêlos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̂ː.los/ → /ˈði.los/ → /ˈði.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛ̂ː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈde̝.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.los/

Proper noun

Δῆλος • (Dêlos) f (genitive Δήλου); second declension

1. Delos
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 6.162
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Fragments 87

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Δῆλος; τῆς Δήλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Δῆλος hē Dêlos
Genitive	τῆς Δήλου tês Dḗlou
Dative	τῇ Δήλῳ têi Dḗlōi
Accusative	τὴν Δῆλον tḕn Dêlon
Vocative	Δῆλε Dêle
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Δήλῐᾰ (Dḗlia)
• Δηλῐᾰκός (Dēliakós)
• Δηλῐᾰ́ς (Dēliás)
• Δηλῐεύς (Dēlieús)
• Δήλῐον (Dḗlion)
• Δήλῐος (Dḗlios)

 

Descendants

• English: Delos
• Greek: Δήλος f (Dílos)
• Latin: Dēlos

References

• “Δῆλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Δῆλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Δῆλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Δῆλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008