Ἑλληνίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Feminine adjective, from Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “Greek”) +‎ -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Ἑλληνῐ́ς • (Hellēnĭ́s) f (genitive Ἑλληνῐ́δος); third declension

  1. a Greek woman
  2. (biblical) a gentile woman, non-Jewess
    • 65 CE – 70 CE, The Gospel of Mark 7:26:
      ἦν δὲ ἡ γυνὴ Ἑλληνίς Συροφοινίσσα τῷ γένει
      ên dè hē gunḕ Hellēnís Surophoiníssa tōî génei
      the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth (ESV)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἑλληνῐ́ς; τῆς Ἑλληνῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Ἑλληνῐ́ς
hē Hellēnĭ́s 		τὼ Ἑλληνῐ́δε
tṑ Hellēnĭ́de 		αἱ Ἑλληνῐ́δες
hai Hellēnĭ́des
Genitive τῆς Ἑλληνῐ́δος
tês Hellēnĭ́dos 		τοῖν Ἑλληνῐ́δοιν
toîn Hellēnĭ́doin 		τῶν Ἑλληνῐ́δων
tôn Hellēnĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ Ἑλληνῐ́δῐ
tēî Hellēnĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν Ἑλληνῐ́δοιν
toîn Hellēnĭ́doin 		ταῖς Ἑλληνῐ́σῐ / Ἑλληνῐ́σῐν
taîs Hellēnĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν Ἑλληνῐ́δᾰ
tḕn Hellēnĭ́dă 		τὼ Ἑλληνῐ́δε
tṑ Hellēnĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς Ἑλληνῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s Hellēnĭ́dăs
Vocative Ἑλληνῐ́
Hellēnĭ́ 		Ἑλληνῐ́δε
Hellēnĭ́de 		Ἑλληνῐ́δες
Hellēnĭ́des
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-δς (*-ds).

Descendants

  • Greek: Ελληνίδα (Ellinída)

Further reading

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