"Ἕλλην" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Ἕλλην in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /hél.lɛːn/, /ˈel.lin/, /ˈe.lin/, /hél.lɛːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈ(h)el.le̝n/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈel.lin/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈel.lin/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈe.lin/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Μost probably a derivation of Ἑλλοί (Helloí) or Σελλοί (Selloí), the Greek inhabitants of the area around the sanctuary of Dodona (Δωδώνη (Dōdṓnē). The ultimate origin is unknown, possibly Pre-Greek. Related to Ἑλλάς (Hellás). More at Hellenes. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Ἕλληνος|m|third}} Ἕλλην • (Héllēn) m (genitive Ἕλληνος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Ἕλλην|Ἕλληνος|form=M-sing}} Forms: Héllēn [romanization], Ἕλληνος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ Ἕλλην [nominative, singular], τοῦ Ἕλληνος [genitive, singular], τῷ Ἕλληνῐ [dative, singular], τὸν Ἕλληνᾰ [accusative, singular], Ἕλλην [singular, vocative]
  1. Hellen, the mythical patriarch of the Greeks. Categories (topical): Ethnonyms Derived forms: Ἑλληνάρχης (Hellēnárkhēs), Ἑλληνίζω (Hellēnízō), Ἑλληνικός (Hellēnikós), Ἑλλάνιος (Hellánios), Ἑλλανίς (Hellanís), Ἑλλανισμός (Hellanismós), Ἑλλανιστί (Hellanistí), Ἑλληνογαλάται (Hellēnogalátai), Ἑλληνοδίκαι (Hellēnodíkai), Ἑλληνίς (Hellēnís) Coordinate_terms: Ᾰ̓ργεῖοι (Argeîoi), Ἀχαιοί (Akhaioí), Δᾰνᾰοί (Danaoí)
    Sense id: en-Ἕλλην-grc-name-u8hv9S4n Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 15 15 25 27 18 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the third declension, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 15 33 29 16 7 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the third declension: 17 32 26 17 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 21 16 29 26 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Ἕλλᾱν (Héllān) [Doric]

Noun

IPA: /hél.lɛːn/, /ˈel.lin/, /ˈe.lin/, /hél.lɛːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈ(h)el.le̝n/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈel.lin/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈel.lin/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈe.lin/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Μost probably a derivation of Ἑλλοί (Helloí) or Σελλοί (Selloí), the Greek inhabitants of the area around the sanctuary of Dodona (Δωδώνη (Dōdṓnē). The ultimate origin is unknown, possibly Pre-Greek. Related to Ἑλλάς (Hellás). More at Hellenes. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|Ἕλληνος|m|third}} Ἕλλην • (Héllēn) m (genitive Ἕλληνος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Ἕλλην|Ἕλληνος|form=M}} Forms: Héllēn [romanization], Ἕλληνος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ Ἕλλην [nominative, singular], τὼ Ἕλληνε [dual, nominative], οἱ Ἕλληνες [nominative, plural], τοῦ Ἕλληνος [genitive, singular], τοῖν Ἑλλήνοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν Ἑλλήνων [genitive, plural], τῷ Ἕλληνῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν Ἑλλήνοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς Ἕλλησῐ [dative, plural], Ἕλλησῐν [dative, plural], toîs Héllēsi [dative, plural], toîs Héllēsin [dative, plural], τὸν Ἕλληνᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ Ἕλληνε [accusative, dual], τοὺς Ἕλληνᾰς [accusative, plural], Ἕλλην [singular, vocative], Ἕλληνε [dual, vocative], Ἕλληνες [plural, vocative]
  1. Greek, one who is from Greece or speaks Greek. Categories (topical): Ethnonyms
    Sense id: en-Ἕλλην-grc-noun-Z6y~CU2N Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 15 15 25 27 18 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the third declension, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 15 33 29 16 7 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 17 34 26 16 8 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the third declension: 17 32 26 17 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 21 16 29 26 8
  2. One who participates in Greek culture. Categories (topical): Ethnonyms
    Sense id: en-Ἕλλην-grc-noun-MGDwazta Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 15 15 25 27 18 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the third declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 15 33 29 16 7 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the third declension: 17 32 26 17 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 21 16 29 26 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 13 36 28 6
  3. Often used in Jewish and Christian literature as referring to any non-Jew: Gentile Categories (topical): Christianity, Ethnonyms, Judaism
    Sense id: en-Ἕλλην-grc-noun-uTRW--Om Disambiguation of Christianity: 11 5 14 45 25 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 15 15 25 27 18 Disambiguation of Judaism: 8 5 15 50 22 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the third declension, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 15 33 29 16 7 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the third declension: 17 32 26 17 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 21 16 29 26 8
  4. pagan Categories (topical): Ethnonyms
    Sense id: en-Ἕλλην-grc-noun-11df3gKn Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 15 15 25 27 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Ἕλλᾱν (Héllān) [Doric]

Inflected forms

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        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "Ἕλλησῐν",
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        "dative",
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      "form": "τοὺς Ἕλληνᾰς",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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      "form": "Ἕλληνε",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "15 33 29 16 7",
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          "ref": "386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 82b",
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          "text": "Σωκράτης: Ἕλλην μέν ἐστι καὶ ἑλληνίζει;\nΜένων: πάνυ γε σφόδρα, οἰκογενής γε.\nSōkrátēs: Héllēn mén esti kaì hellēnízei?"
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          "Greece"
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          "_dis": "17 13 36 28 6",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "15 33 29 16 7",
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        {
          "_dis": "17 32 26 17 8",
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        {
          "_dis": "21 16 29 26 8",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "11 5 14 45 25",
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          "english": "The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation.",
          "ref": "Mark 7.26",
          "roman": "ên dè hē gunḕ Hellēnís Surophoiníssa tôi génei.",
          "text": "ἦν δὲ ἡ γυνὴ Ἑλληνίς Συροφοινίσσα τῷ γένει."
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-Ἕλλην-grc-noun-uTRW--Om",
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          "Gentile"
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      "id": "en-Ἕλλην-grc-noun-11df3gKn",
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          "pagan",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hél.lɛːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈel.lin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.lin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hél.lɛːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈ(h)el.le̝n/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈel.lin/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈel.lin/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.lin/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "Ἕλλᾱν"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Greeks"
  ],
  "word": "Ἕλλην"
}

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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "Greek: Έλλην (Éllin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: Έλλην (Éllin)"
    },
    {
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          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Hellen (proper noun), Hellene (noun) (learned)",
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          "expansion": "→ Old Church Slavonic: єллинъ (ellinŭ), єлинъ (elinŭ) (learned)(Please either change this template to or insert a ====Descendants==== section in єллинъ)(Please either change this template to or insert a ====Descendants==== section in єлинъ)",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Church Slavonic: єллинъ (ellinŭ), єлинъ (elinŭ) (learned)(Please either change this template to {{desc}} or insert a ====Descendants==== section in єллинъ)(Please either change this template to {{desc}} or insert a ====Descendants==== section in єлинъ)"
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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "→ Latin: Hellēn\nAsturian: helenu\nCatalan: hel·lè\nFrench: hellène\nItalian: elleno\nPortuguese: heleno\nRomanian: elen\nSpanish: heleno",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Hellēn\nAsturian: helenu\nCatalan: hel·lè\nFrench: hellène\nItalian: elleno\nPortuguese: heleno\nRomanian: elen\nSpanish: heleno"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
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    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈel.lin/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈe.lin/"
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      "ipa": "/hél.lɛːn/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈel.lin/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈel.lin/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈe.lin/",
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}
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    {
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "τῷ Ἕλληνῐ",
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      "form": "toîs Héllēsi",
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      "form": "τὸν Ἕλληνᾰ",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἕλληνε",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἕλληνες",
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "Socrates: He is a Greek, I suppose, and speaks Greek?\nMeno: Very much so, in fact home-bred.",
          "ref": "386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 82b",
          "roman": "Ménōn: pánu ge sphódra, oikogenḗs ge.",
          "text": "Σωκράτης: Ἕλλην μέν ἐστι καὶ ἑλληνίζει;\nΜένων: πάνυ γε σφόδρα, οἰκογενής γε.\nSōkrátēs: Héllēn mén esti kaì hellēnízei?"
        }
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        {
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          "text": "ἦν δὲ ἡ γυνὴ Ἑλληνίς Συροφοινίσσα τῷ γένει."
        }
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          "Gentile",
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      "ipa": "/hél.lɛːn/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈel.lin/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈe.lin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hél.lɛːn/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈ(h)el.le̝n/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈel.lin/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈel.lin/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.lin/",
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    }
  ],
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    "Greeks"
  ],
  "word": "Ἕλλην"
}

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    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns",
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    },
    {
      "roman": "Akhaioí",
      "word": "Ἀχαιοί"
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      "roman": "Danaoí",
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      "roman": "Hellēnárkhēs",
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    },
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      "roman": "Hellēnízō",
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    },
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      "roman": "Hellánios",
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    },
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      "roman": "Hellanís",
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    },
    {
      "roman": "Hellanismós",
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      "roman": "Hellanistí",
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    },
    {
      "roman": "Hellēnogalátai",
      "word": "Ἑλληνογαλάται"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hellēnodíkai",
      "word": "Ἑλληνοδίκαι"
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    },
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      "text": "→ Old Church Slavonic: єллинъ (ellinŭ), єлинъ (elinŭ) (learned)(Please either change this template to {{desc}} or insert a ====Descendants==== section in єллинъ)(Please either change this template to {{desc}} or insert a ====Descendants==== section in єлинъ)"
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          "name": "desctree"
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      ],
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    },
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "ipa": "/ˈel.lin/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.lin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hél.lɛːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈ(h)el.le̝n/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈel.lin/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈel.lin/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.lin/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "Héllān",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "Ἕλλᾱν"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Hellen"
  ],
  "word": "Ἕλλην"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Ἕλλην meaning in Ancient Greek (10.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "luaexec/683",
  "msg": "LUA error in #invoke('etymology/templates/descendant', 'descendant') parent ('Template:descendant', {})",
  "path": [
    "Ἕλλην",
    "Template:desctree",
    "Template:desc",
    "#invoke",
    "#invoke"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Ἕλλην",
  "trace": "[string \"Module:parameters\"]:1103: wrong number of arguments to 'insert'"
}

{
  "called_from": "luaexec/683",
  "msg": "LUA error in #invoke('etymology/templates/descendant', 'descendant') parent ('Template:descendant', {})",
  "path": [
    "Ἕλλην",
    "Template:desctree",
    "Template:desc",
    "#invoke",
    "#invoke"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Ἕλλην",
  "trace": "[string \"Module:parameters\"]:1103: wrong number of arguments to 'insert'"
}

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