See ἀλκυών in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "ܐܠܩܐܘܢ",
"bor": "1",
"ts": "ʾlqʾwn"
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"expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܐܠܩܐܘܢ (/ʾlqʾwn/)",
"name": "desc"
}
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},
{
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"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "alcēdō",
"3": "halcyōn",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
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"text": "→ Latin: alcēdō, halcyōn (see there for further descendants)"
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{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "աղկիոն",
"3": "աղկիովն",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Armenian: աղկիոն (ałkion), աղկիովն (ałkiovn)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Armenian: աղկիոն (ałkion), աղկիովն (ałkiovn)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "oge",
"2": "ალკჳონი",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Georgian: ალკჳონი (alḳwioni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Georgian: ალკჳონი (alḳwioni)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ka",
"2": "ალკუნი"
},
"expansion": "Georgian: ალკუნი (alḳuni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Georgian: ალკუნი (alḳuni)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "orv",
"2": "алкионъ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old East Slavic: алкионъ (alkionŭ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old East Slavic: алкионъ (alkionŭ)"
}
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"expansion": "Unknown",
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{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
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{
"form": "ἡ ἀλκῠών",
"roman": "hē alkŭṓn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τὼ ἀλκῠόνε",
"roman": "tṑ alkŭóne",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "αἱ ἀλκῠόνες",
"roman": "hai alkŭónes",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῆς ἀλκῠόνος",
"roman": "tês alkŭónos",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῖν ἀλκῠόνοιν",
"roman": "toîn alkŭónoin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "τῶν ἀλκῠόνων",
"roman": "tôn alkŭónōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῇ ἀλκῠόνῐ",
"roman": "têi alkŭónĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῖν ἀλκῠόνοιν",
"roman": "toîn alkŭónoin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "ταῖς ἀλκῠόσῐ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ἀλκῠόσῐν",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "taîs alkŭósĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "taîs alkŭósĭn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τὴν ἀλκῠόνᾰ",
"roman": "tḕn alkŭónă",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τὼ ἀλκῠόνε",
"roman": "tṑ alkŭóne",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "τᾱ̀ς ἀλκῠόνᾰς",
"roman": "tā̀s alkŭónăs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ἀλκῠών",
"roman": "alkŭṓn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "ἀλκῠόνε",
"roman": "alkŭóne",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "ἀλκῠόνες",
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
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"args": {
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"2": "f",
"3": "third"
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"name": "grc-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ἀλκῠών",
"2": "ἀλκῠόνος",
"form": "F"
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{
"categories": [],
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{
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"ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.562–564",
"text": "οὕνεκ᾽ ἄρ᾽ αὐτῆς / μήτηρ ἀλκυόνος πολυπενθέος οἶτον ἔχουσα / κλαῖεν"
},
{
"english": "alkuṓn: a species of bird",
"ref": "[5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Α.3101:",
"roman": "alkuṓn; eîdos ornéou",
"text": "ἀλκυών· εἶδος ὀρνέου",
"type": "quote"
}
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],
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[
"kingfisher",
"kingfisher"
],
[
"halcyon",
"halcyon"
]
]
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{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Doric Greek",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "15 85",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "29 71",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 96",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 97",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 95",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "grc",
"name": "Birds",
"orig": "grc:Birds",
"parents": [
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"english": "alkuṓn: […] and a divinity among the Laconians",
"ref": "[5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Α.3101:",
"roman": "alkuṓn; […] kaì daímōn tis ⟨parà Lákōsi⟩",
"text": "ἀλκυών· […] καὶ δαίμων τις ⟨παρὰ Λάκωσι⟩",
"type": "quote"
}
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"A divinity."
],
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"links": [
[
"divinity",
"divinity"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Laconian) A divinity."
],
"tags": [
"Laconian"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/al.ky.ɔ̌ːn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/al.cyˈon/"
},
{
"ipa": "/al.ciˈon/"
},
{
"ipa": "/al.ky.ɔ̌ːn/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
"ipa": "/al.kyˈon/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/al.cyˈon/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/al.cyˈon/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/al.ciˈon/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "halkuṓn",
"word": "ἁλκυών"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "aukuṓn",
"tags": [
"Cretan"
],
"word": "αὐκυών"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Kingfisher"
],
"word": "ἀλκυών"
}
{
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"Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
"Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
"Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
"Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
"Ancient Greek lemmas",
"Ancient Greek nouns",
"Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
"Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
"Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
"Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"grc:Birds"
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"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "syc",
"2": "ܐܠܩܐܘܢ",
"bor": "1",
"ts": "ʾlqʾwn"
},
"expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܐܠܩܐܘܢ (/ʾlqʾwn/)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Classical Syriac: ܐܠܩܐܘܢ (/ʾlqʾwn/)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "alcēdō",
"3": "halcyōn",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Latin: alcēdō, halcyōn",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Latin: alcēdō, halcyōn (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "աղկիոն",
"3": "աղկիովն",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Armenian: աղկիոն (ałkion), աղկիովն (ałkiovn)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Armenian: աղկիոն (ałkion), աղկիովն (ałkiovn)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oge",
"2": "ალკჳონი",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Georgian: ალკჳონი (alḳwioni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Georgian: ალკჳონი (alḳwioni)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ka",
"2": "ალკუნი"
},
"expansion": "Georgian: ალკუნი (alḳuni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Georgian: ალკუნი (alḳuni)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "orv",
"2": "алкионъ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old East Slavic: алкионъ (alkionŭ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old East Slavic: алкионъ (alkionŭ)"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "grc"
},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unk"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "qsb-grc"
},
"expansion": "Pre-Greek",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "folk etymology"
},
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"name": "lg"
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"etymology_text": "Unknown, apparently from Pre-Greek. The variant ἁλκυών (halkuṓn) arose by folk etymology as ἅλς (háls, “salt”) + κυέω (kuéō, “to conceive”).",
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"romanization"
]
},
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"table-tags"
]
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"source": "inflection",
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]
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
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{
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"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
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"form": "τὼ ἀλκῠόνε",
"roman": "tṑ alkŭóne",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "αἱ ἀλκῠόνες",
"roman": "hai alkŭónes",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῆς ἀλκῠόνος",
"roman": "tês alkŭónos",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῖν ἀλκῠόνοιν",
"roman": "toîn alkŭónoin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "τῶν ἀλκῠόνων",
"roman": "tôn alkŭónōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῇ ἀλκῠόνῐ",
"roman": "têi alkŭónĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῖν ἀλκῠόνοιν",
"roman": "toîn alkŭónoin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "ταῖς ἀλκῠόσῐ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ἀλκῠόσῐν",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "taîs alkŭósĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "taîs alkŭósĭn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τὴν ἀλκῠόνᾰ",
"roman": "tḕn alkŭónă",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τὼ ἀλκῠόνε",
"roman": "tṑ alkŭóne",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "τᾱ̀ς ἀλκῠόνᾰς",
"roman": "tā̀s alkŭónăs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ἀλκῠών",
"roman": "alkŭṓn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "ἀλκῠόνε",
"roman": "alkŭóne",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "ἀλκῠόνες",
"roman": "alkŭónes",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ἀλκυόνος",
"2": "f",
"3": "third"
},
"expansion": "ἀλκυών • (alkuṓn) f (genitive ἀλκυόνος); third declension",
"name": "grc-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ἀλκῠών",
"2": "ἀλκῠόνος",
"form": "F"
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"name": "grc-decl"
}
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "because her / mother, having the fate of the much-suffering kingfisher, / wept.",
"ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.562–564",
"text": "οὕνεκ᾽ ἄρ᾽ αὐτῆς / μήτηρ ἀλκυόνος πολυπενθέος οἶτον ἔχουσα / κλαῖεν"
},
{
"english": "alkuṓn: a species of bird",
"ref": "[5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Α.3101:",
"roman": "alkuṓn; eîdos ornéou",
"text": "ἀλκυών· εἶδος ὀρνέου",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"kingfisher, halcyon"
],
"links": [
[
"kingfisher",
"kingfisher"
],
[
"halcyon",
"halcyon"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
"Doric Greek"
],
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{
"english": "alkuṓn: […] and a divinity among the Laconians",
"ref": "[5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Α.3101:",
"roman": "alkuṓn; […] kaì daímōn tis ⟨parà Lákōsi⟩",
"text": "ἀλκυών· […] καὶ δαίμων τις ⟨παρὰ Λάκωσι⟩",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A divinity."
],
"links": [
[
"divinity",
"divinity"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Laconian) A divinity."
],
"tags": [
"Laconian"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/al.ky.ɔ̌ːn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/al.cyˈon/"
},
{
"ipa": "/al.ciˈon/"
},
{
"ipa": "/al.ky.ɔ̌ːn/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
"ipa": "/al.kyˈon/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/al.cyˈon/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/al.cyˈon/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/al.ciˈon/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "halkuṓn",
"word": "ἁλκυών"
},
{
"roman": "aukuṓn",
"tags": [
"Cretan"
],
"word": "αὐκυών"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Kingfisher"
],
"word": "ἀλκυών"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.