"εἵλη" meaning in Ancient Greek

See εἵλη in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hěː.lɛː/, /ˈi.li/, /ˈi.li/, /hěː.lɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈ(h)i.le̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈi.li/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈi.li/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈi.li/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *swelH- (“to shine, warm, smoulder, burn”) and cognate with English sweal, German schwelen (“to smoulder”), and Lithuanian svi̇̀lti (“to grill”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*swelH-||to shine, warm, smoulder, burn}} Proto-Indo-European *swelH- (“to shine, warm, smoulder, burn”), {{cog|en|sweal}} English sweal, {{cog|de|schwelen||to smoulder}} German schwelen (“to smoulder”), {{cog|lt|svìlti||to grill}} Lithuanian svi̇̀lti (“to grill”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|εἵλης|f|first}} εἵλη • (heílē) f (genitive εἵλης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|εἵλη|εἵλης|form=F}} Forms: heílē [romanization], εἵλης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ εἵλη [nominative, singular], εἵλᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ εἷλαι [nominative, plural], τῆς εἵλης [genitive, singular], εἵλαιν [dual, genitive], εἱλῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ εἵλῃ [dative, singular], εἵλαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς εἵλαις [dative, plural], τὴν εἵλην [accusative, singular], εἵλᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς εἵλᾱς [accusative, plural], εἵλη [singular, vocative], εἵλᾱ [dual, vocative], εἷλαι [plural, vocative], ἕλη [alternative]
  1. the heat or warmth of the sun Derived forms: ἄειλος (áeilos), εἱλέω (heiléō), εἱληθερέω (heilētheréō), εἱληθερής (heilētherḗs), εὔειλος (eúeilos), πρόσειλος (próseilos)
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*swelH-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to shine, warm, smoulder, burn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swelH- (“to shine, warm, smoulder, burn”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sweal"
      },
      "expansion": "English sweal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schwelen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to smoulder"
      },
      "expansion": "German schwelen (“to smoulder”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "svìlti",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to grill"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian svi̇̀lti (“to grill”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *swelH- (“to shine, warm, smoulder, burn”) and cognate with English sweal, German schwelen (“to smoulder”), and Lithuanian svi̇̀lti (“to grill”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "heílē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἵλης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ εἵλη",
      "roman": "hē heílē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἵλᾱ",
      "roman": "heílā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ εἷλαι",
      "roman": "hai heîlai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς εἵλης",
      "roman": "tês heílēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἵλαιν",
      "roman": "heílain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἱλῶν",
      "roman": "heilôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ εἵλῃ",
      "roman": "tēî heílēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἵλαιν",
      "roman": "heílain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς εἵλαις",
      "roman": "taîs heílais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν εἵλην",
      "roman": "tḕn heílēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἵλᾱ",
      "roman": "heílā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς εἵλᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s heílās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἵλη",
      "roman": "heílē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἵλᾱ",
      "roman": "heílā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἷλαι",
      "roman": "heîlai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἕλη",
      "roman": "hélē",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "εἵλης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "εἵλη • (heílē) f (genitive εἵλης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "εἵλη",
        "2": "εἵλης",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "áeilos",
          "word": "ἄειλος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "heiléō",
          "word": "εἱλέω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "heilētheréō",
          "word": "εἱληθερέω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "heilētherḗs",
          "word": "εἱληθερής"
        },
        {
          "roman": "eúeilos",
          "word": "εὔειλος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "próseilos",
          "word": "πρόσειλος"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the heat or warmth of the sun"
      ],
      "id": "en-εἵλη-grc-noun-LMGro~0p",
      "links": [
        [
          "heat",
          "heat"
        ],
        [
          "warmth",
          "warmth"
        ],
        [
          "sun",
          "sun"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hěː.lɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hěː.lɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈ(h)i.le̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "εἵλη"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "áeilos",
      "word": "ἄειλος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "heiléō",
      "word": "εἱλέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "heilētheréō",
      "word": "εἱληθερέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "heilētherḗs",
      "word": "εἱληθερής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eúeilos",
      "word": "εὔειλος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "próseilos",
      "word": "πρόσειλος"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*swelH-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to shine, warm, smoulder, burn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swelH- (“to shine, warm, smoulder, burn”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sweal"
      },
      "expansion": "English sweal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schwelen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to smoulder"
      },
      "expansion": "German schwelen (“to smoulder”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "svìlti",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to grill"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian svi̇̀lti (“to grill”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *swelH- (“to shine, warm, smoulder, burn”) and cognate with English sweal, German schwelen (“to smoulder”), and Lithuanian svi̇̀lti (“to grill”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "heílē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἵλης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ εἵλη",
      "roman": "hē heílē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἵλᾱ",
      "roman": "heílā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ εἷλαι",
      "roman": "hai heîlai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς εἵλης",
      "roman": "tês heílēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἵλαιν",
      "roman": "heílain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἱλῶν",
      "roman": "heilôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ εἵλῃ",
      "roman": "tēî heílēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἵλαιν",
      "roman": "heílain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς εἵλαις",
      "roman": "taîs heílais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν εἵλην",
      "roman": "tḕn heílēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἵλᾱ",
      "roman": "heílā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς εἵλᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s heílās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἵλη",
      "roman": "heílē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἵλᾱ",
      "roman": "heílā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εἷλαι",
      "roman": "heîlai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἕλη",
      "roman": "hélē",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "εἵλης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "εἵλη • (heílē) f (genitive εἵλης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "εἵλη",
        "2": "εἵλης",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the heat or warmth of the sun"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heat",
          "heat"
        ],
        [
          "warmth",
          "warmth"
        ],
        [
          "sun",
          "sun"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hěː.lɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hěː.lɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈ(h)i.le̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "εἵλη"
}

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