ἀλόη

See also: αλόη and ἀλωή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

As with ἀγᾰ́λοχον (agắlokhon, “agalloch”), a loanword from an Eastern language.[1] First attested in the 1st century CE, apparently acquired via Aramaic, and attested with the same meaning as Classical Syriac ܥܠܘܝ (ʕalway, ʕelway), Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܥܠܘܐ, ܥܠܘܝܬܐ, Classical Mandaic ࡏࡋࡅࡀࡉࡀ (ʕluaia), ࡀࡋࡅࡀࡉ (ʔluai), from Old Tamil 𑀅𑀓𑀺𑀮𑁰 (akil); compare அகில் (akil, “agarwood”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓λόη • (ălóē) f (genitive ᾰ̓λόης); first declension

  1. aloe (Aloe vera)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓λόη; τῆς ᾰ̓λόης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓λόη
hē ălóē 		τὼ ᾰ̓λόᾱ
tṑ ălóā 		αἱ ᾰ̓λόαι
hai ălóai
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓λόης
tês ălóēs 		τοῖν ᾰ̓λόαιν
toîn ălóain 		τῶν ᾰ̓λοῶν
tôn ăloôn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓λόῃ
tēî ălóēi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓λόαιν
toîn ălóain 		ταῖς ᾰ̓λόαις
taîs ălóais
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓λόην
tḕn ălóēn 		τὼ ᾰ̓λόᾱ
tṑ ălóā 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓λόᾱς
tā̀s ălóās
Vocative ᾰ̓λόη
ălóē 		ᾰ̓λόᾱ
ălóā 		ᾰ̓λόαι
ălóai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Aramaic:
    Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: אלויס, אלווס, אלוה
    Classical Syriac: ܐܠܘܐܐ, ܐܠܘܐ
    Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אילווא
  • → Greek: αλόη f (alói) (learned)
  • → Latin: aloē (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old Armenian: հալուէ (haluē)
  • → Old Georgian: ჰალოჲ (haloy), ალოვჱ (alovē), ალოეჱ (aloeē), ალოჲ (aloy)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀλόη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 73

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