ἤλεκτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to Ancient Greek ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining, brilliant; byname of the Sun”), origin unknown. Possibly, though doubtfully, related to Sanskrit उल्का (ulkā́, “meteor”) and Latin Vulcānus (“god of fire and metalworking”), or from the root of Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”); but, given the unconvincing alternatives, likely from Pre-Greek .[1][2][3][4] Compare, however, Proto-Indo-European *lewk- as bearing a possible relation, with a prefixed augment (as in Ancient Greek: έ- (é-)) modified by way of compensatory lengthening, and agentive suffix (as in Ancient Greek: -τωρ (-tōr)) producing a word meaning in a literal sense “that which does shine” for Ancient Greek ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἤλεκτρον • (ḗlektron) n (genitive ἠλέκτρου); second declension

  1. amber
    Synonym: λυγγούριον (lungoúrion)
  2. alloy of gold and silver, electrum

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἤλεκτρον; τοῦ ἠλέκτρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἤλεκτρον
tò ḗlektron		 τὼ ἠλέκτρω
tṑ ēléktrō		 τᾰ̀ ἤλεκτρᾰ
tà ḗlektra
Genitive τοῦ ἠλέκτρου
toû ēléktrou		 τοῖν ἠλέκτροιν
toîn ēléktroin		 τῶν ἠλέκτρων
tôn ēléktrōn
Dative τῷ ἠλέκτρῳ
tôi ēléktrōi		 τοῖν ἠλέκτροιν
toîn ēléktroin		 τοῖς ἠλέκτροις
toîs ēléktrois
Accusative τὸ ἤλεκτρον
tò ḗlektron		 τὼ ἠλέκτρω
tṑ ēléktrō		 τᾰ̀ ἤλεκτρᾰ
tà ḗlektra
Vocative ἤλεκτρον
ḗlektron		 ἠλέκτρω
ēléktrō		 ἤλεκτρᾰ
ḗlektra
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἠλέκτρινος (ēléktrinos)
  • Ἠλεκτρίς (Ēlektrís)
  • ἠλεκτροφαής (ēlektrophaḗs)
  • ἠλεκτρώδης (ēlektrṓdēs)

Descendants

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἠλέκτωρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Frisk, Hjalmar (1960), “ἤλεκτρον”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 629
  3. Boisacq, Émile (1916), “ἤλεκτρον”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 319
  4. Chantraine, Pierre (1968–1980), “ἤλεκτρον”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), volume 1, Paris: Klincksieck, page 409

Further reading
  • “ἤλεκτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ἤλεκτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ἤλεκτρον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἤλεκτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ἤλεκτρον 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.
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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