ἠέλιος

Pronunciation

Noun

ἠέλῐος • (ēélios) m (genitive ἠελῐ́ου); second declension

1. Epic and Ionic form of ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.475

     Ἦμος δ' ἠέλιος κατέδῡ καὶ ἐπὶ κνέφας ἦλθε,

     Êmos d' ēélios katédū kaì epì knéphas êlthe,

     And when the sun sank down and dusk came on,

   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Alim. 42

     ἐς τύπωσιν λε᾽ ἠέλιοι

     es túpōsin le᾽ ēélioi

     • Translation by W. H. S. Jones

       For formation, thirty-five days

References

• ἠέλιος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἠέλιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963