"Ἑλένη" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Ἑλένη in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /he.lé.nɛː/, /eˈle.ni/, /eˈle.ni/, /he.lé.nɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /(h)eˈle.ne̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /eˈle.ni/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /eˈle.ni/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /eˈle.ni/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Most likely from Proto-Hellenic *Ηwelénā, from a pre-Hellenic or late Proto-Indo-European *Swelénā (a solar deity), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to shine, warm, smoulder, burn”). In that case, related to εἵλη (heílē, “sunshine, sun's heat”) and unrelated to ἑλένη (helénē), σέλας (sélas) or σελήνη (selḗnē). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro||*Ηwelénā}} Proto-Hellenic *Ηwelénā, {{inh|grc|ine-pro||*Swelénā}} Proto-Indo-European *Swelénā, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*swel-||to shine, warm, smoulder, burn}} Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to shine, warm, smoulder, burn”), {{gbooks|ZXrJA_5LKlYC|230|Helen|altpg=link to text}} link to text Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Ἑλένης|f|first}} Ἑλένη • (Helénē) f (genitive Ἑλένης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Ἑλένη|ης|form=FS}} Forms: Helénē [romanization], Ἑλένης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Ἑλένη [nominative, singular], τῆς Ἑλένης [genitive, singular], τῇ Ἑλένῃ [dative, singular], τὴν Ἑλένην [accusative, singular], Ἑλένη [singular, vocative]
  1. (Greek mythology) Helen, a goddess worshipped in Laconia and Rhodes. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek deities
    Sense id: en-Ἑλένη-grc-name-8AXZ1aeg Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 36 22 42 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension: 36 21 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 39 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 37 33 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (Greek mythology) Helen, the daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology
    Sense id: en-Ἑλένη-grc-name-NYplA5nB Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 36 22 42 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension: 36 21 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 39 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 37 33 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  3. a female given name, equivalent to English Helen Categories (topical): Ancient Greek female given names, Ancient Greek given names
    Sense id: en-Ἑλένη-grc-name-MkpF9O0X Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 36 22 42 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension: 36 21 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 39 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 37 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Ϝελένα (Weléna) [Laconian], Ἑλένα (Heléna) [Doric], Ἐλένα (Eléna) [Aeolic] Derived forms: Ἕλενος (Hélenos), Ἑλενόπολῐς (Helenópolis)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Hélenos",
      "word": "Ἕλενος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Helenópolis",
      "word": "Ἑλενόπολῐς"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "Ελένη"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: Ελένη (Eléni)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: Ελένη (Eléni)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "Elenë",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: Elenë",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: Elenë"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "ელენე",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ელენე (elene)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ელენე (elene)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Helena",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Helena, Helene",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Helena, Helene (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "Հեղինէ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: Հեղինէ (Hełinē)\nArmenian: Հեղինե (Hełine)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: Հեղինէ (Hełinē)\nArmenian: Հեղինե (Hełine)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "Елена",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Church Slavonic: Елена (Elena)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Church Slavonic: Елена (Elena)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "be",
            "2": "Елена",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Belarusian: Елена (Jeljena)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Belarusian: Елена (Jeljena)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "be",
            "2": "Алена",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Belarusian: Алена (Aljena)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Belarusian: Алена (Aljena)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "Елена",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bulgarian: Елена (Elena)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bulgarian: Елена (Elena)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "Елена",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: Елена (Elena)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: Елена (Elena)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "Елена",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: Елена (Jelena)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: Елена (Jelena) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sk",
            "2": "Elena",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Slovak: Elena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Slovak: Elena"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "Helena",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: Helena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: Helena"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "Олена",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ukrainian: Олена (Olena)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ukrainian: Олена (Olena)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "هلن",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "helen"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: هلن (helen)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: هلن (helen)"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Ἑλένης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς Ἑλένης",
      "roman": "tês Helénēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ Ἑλένῃ",
      "roman": "têi Helénēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν Ἑλένην",
      "roman": "tḕn Helénēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἑλένη",
      "roman": "Helénē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "grc-proper noun"
    }
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        "1": "Ἑλένη",
        "2": "ης",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/he.lé.nɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he.lé.nɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)eˈle.ne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.ni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.ni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.ni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Laconian"
      ],
      "word": "Ϝελένα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Heléna",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "Ἑλένα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Eléna",
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic"
      ],
      "word": "Ἐλένα"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Helen"
  ],
  "word": "Ἑλένη"
}
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    }
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "ელენე",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ელენე (elene)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ელენე (elene)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Helena",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Helena, Helene",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Helena, Helene (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "Հեղինէ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: Հեղինէ (Hełinē)\nArmenian: Հեղինե (Hełine)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: Հեղինէ (Hełinē)\nArmenian: Հեղինե (Hełine)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "Елена",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Church Slavonic: Елена (Elena)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Church Slavonic: Елена (Elena)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "be",
            "2": "Елена",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Belarusian: Елена (Jeljena)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Belarusian: Елена (Jeljena)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "be",
            "2": "Алена",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Belarusian: Алена (Aljena)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Belarusian: Алена (Aljena)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "Елена",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bulgarian: Елена (Elena)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bulgarian: Елена (Elena)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "Елена",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: Елена (Elena)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: Елена (Elena)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "Елена",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: Елена (Jelena)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: Елена (Jelena) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sk",
            "2": "Elena",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Slovak: Elena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Slovak: Elena"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "Helena",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: Helena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: Helena"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "Олена",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ukrainian: Олена (Olena)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ukrainian: Олена (Olena)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "هلن",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "helen"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: هلن (helen)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: هلن (helen)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*Ηwelénā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *Ηwelénā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*Swelénā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *Swelénā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*swel-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to shine, warm, smoulder, burn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to shine, warm, smoulder, burn”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ZXrJA_5LKlYC",
        "2": "230",
        "3": "Helen",
        "altpg": "link to text"
      },
      "expansion": "link to text",
      "name": "gbooks"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Most likely from Proto-Hellenic *Ηwelénā, from a pre-Hellenic or late Proto-Indo-European *Swelénā (a solar deity), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to shine, warm, smoulder, burn”). In that case, related to εἵλη (heílē, “sunshine, sun's heat”) and unrelated to ἑλένη (helénē), σέλας (sélas) or σελήνη (selḗnē).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Helénē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἑλένης",
      "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 Ἑλένη",
      "roman": "hē Helénē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς Ἑλένης",
      "roman": "tês Helénēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ Ἑλένῃ",
      "roman": "têi Helénēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν Ἑλένην",
      "roman": "tḕn Helénēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἑλένη",
      "roman": "Helénē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ἑλένης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "Ἑλένη • (Helénē) f (genitive Ἑλένης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ἑλένη",
        "2": "ης",
        "form": "FS"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Greek deities"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Helen, a goddess worshipped in Laconia and Rhodes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Helen",
          "Helen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Greek mythology) Helen, a goddess worshipped in Laconia and Rhodes."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Greek"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Greek mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Helen, the daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Helen",
          "Helen"
        ],
        [
          "Zeus",
          "Zeus"
        ],
        [
          "Leda",
          "Leda"
        ],
        [
          "Paris",
          "Paris"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Greek mythology) Helen, the daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Greek"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek female given names",
        "Ancient Greek given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name, equivalent to English Helen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Helen",
          "Helen#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/he.lé.nɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/he.lé.nɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)eˈle.ne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.ni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.ni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.ni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "Weléna",
      "tags": [
        "Laconian"
      ],
      "word": "Ϝελένα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Heléna",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "Ἑλένα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Eléna",
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic"
      ],
      "word": "Ἐλένα"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Helen"
  ],
  "word": "Ἑλένη"
}

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