ἱλαρός

See also: ιλαρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Stem ἱλα- as in ῑ̔λᾰ́σκομαι (hīlắskomai, “to appease”), ἵλαος (hílaos, “gracious”) + -ρός (-rós).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hi.la.rós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)i.laˈros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.laˈros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.laˈros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.laˈros/

Adjective

ῐ̔λᾰρός • (hĭlărós) m (feminine ἱλᾰρᾱ́, neuter ἱλᾰρόν); first/second declension

cheerful, merry, joyous, glad, happy

Inflection

First and second declension of ἱλᾰρός; ἱλᾰρᾱ́; ἱλᾰρόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἱλᾰρός hilărós	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ hilărā́	ἱλᾰρόν hilărón	ἱλᾰρώ hilărṓ	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ hilărā́	ἱλᾰρώ hilărṓ	ἱλᾰροί hilăroí	ἱλᾰραί hilăraí	ἱλᾰρᾰ́ hilărắ
Genitive	ἱλᾰροῦ hilăroû	ἱλᾰρᾶς hilărâs	ἱλᾰροῦ hilăroû	ἱλᾰροῖν hilăroîn	ἱλᾰραῖν hilăraîn	ἱλᾰροῖν hilăroîn	ἱλᾰρῶν hilărôn	ἱλᾰρῶν hilărôn	ἱλᾰρῶν hilărôn
Dative	ἱλᾰρῷ hilărōî	ἱλᾰρᾷ hilărāî	ἱλᾰρῷ hilărōî	ἱλᾰροῖν hilăroîn	ἱλᾰραῖν hilăraîn	ἱλᾰροῖν hilăroîn	ἱλᾰροῖς hilăroîs	ἱλᾰραῖς hilăraîs	ἱλᾰροῖς hilăroîs
Accusative	ἱλᾰρόν hilărón	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ν hilărā́n	ἱλᾰρόν hilărón	ἱλᾰρώ hilărṓ	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ hilărā́	ἱλᾰρώ hilărṓ	ἱλᾰρούς hilăroús	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ς hilărā́s	ἱλᾰρᾰ́ hilărắ
Vocative	ἱλᾰρέ hilăré	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ hilărā́	ἱλᾰρόν hilărón	ἱλᾰρώ hilărṓ	ἱλᾰρᾱ́ hilărā́	ἱλᾰρώ hilărṓ	ἱλᾰροί hilăroí	ἱλᾰραί hilăraí	ἱλᾰρᾰ́ hilărắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἱλᾰρῶς hilărôs			ἱλᾰρώτερος hilărṓteros			ἱλᾰρώτᾰτος hilărṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: hilaris, hilarus, hylaris
- French: hilare
  - → Romanian: ilar
- Italian: ilare
- Portuguese: hilário
- Sicilian: ìlari
- → English: hilarious
  - → Cebuano: hilaryos
- → Icelandic: Hilaríus m

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἱλάσκομαι (> DER > Older formations > line 5 > 2. ἱλαρός)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 586

“ἱλαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἱλαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἱλαρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G2431 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- blithe idem, page 84.
- cheerful idem, page 128.
- gay idem, page 355.
- genial idem, page 356.
- glad idem, page 360.
- hilarious idem, page 400.
- jolly idem, page 464.
- joyful idem, page 464.
- light-hearted idem, page 491.
- merry idem, page 526.
- mirthful idem, page 532.
- sprightly idem, page 805.
ἱλαρός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἱλάσκομαι (> DER > Older formations > line 5 > 2. ἱλαρός)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 586

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