σέλαχος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Aristotle believed the term to be derived from σέλας (sélas, “light, brightness”), as most cartilaginous fish emit phosphorescence.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sé.la.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.la.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈse.la.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈse.la.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈse.la.xos/
Noun
σέλᾰχος • (sélakhos) n (genitive σελᾰ́χεος or σελᾰ́χους); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σέλᾰχος tò sélakhos |
τὼ σελᾰ́χεε tṑ selákhee |
τᾰ̀ σελᾰ́χεᾰ tà selákhea | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σελᾰ́χεος toû selákheos |
τοῖν σελᾰχέοιν toîn selakhéoin |
τῶν σελᾰχέων tôn selakhéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σελᾰ́χεῐ̈ tôi selákheï |
τοῖν σελᾰχέοιν toîn selakhéoin |
τοῖς σελᾰ́χεσῐ(ν) toîs selákhesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σέλᾰχος tò sélakhos |
τὼ σελᾰ́χεε tṑ selákhee |
τᾰ̀ σελᾰ́χεᾰ tà selákhea | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σέλᾰχος sélakhos |
σελᾰ́χεε selákhee |
σελᾰ́χεᾰ selákhea | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
References
- σέλαχος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σέλαχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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