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ἄλσος
ἄλσος
See also: άλσος
Ancient Greek
Noun
ἄλσος • (álsos) n (genitive ἄλσεος or ἄλσους); third declension
- a grove
- especially, a sacred grove
- (transferred sense) any hallowed precinct, even one without trees
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἆλσος | τὼ ἄλσεε | τᾰ̀ ἄλσεᾰ | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἄλσεος | τοῖν ἀλσέοιν | τῶν ἀλσέων | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἄλσεῐ̈ | τοῖν ἀλσέοιν | τοῖς ἄλσεσῐ(ν) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἆλσος | τὼ ἄλσεε | τᾰ̀ ἄλσεᾰ | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἆλσος | ἄλσεε | ἄλσεᾰ | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἆλσος | τὼ ἄλσει | τᾰ̀ ἄλση | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἄλσους | τοῖν ἀλσοῖν | τῶν ἀλσῶν | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἄλσει | τοῖν ἀλσοῖν | τοῖς ἄλσεσῐ(ν) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἆλσος | τὼ ἄλσει | τᾰ̀ ἄλση | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἆλσος | ἄλσει | ἄλση | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Synonyms
- ἄλσωμα (álsōma), ἀλσών (alsṓn)
Derived terms
- ἀλσηίς (alsēís)
- ἀλσοκομέω (alsokoméō)
- ἀλσοκομία (alsokomía)
- ἀλσοκομικός (alsokomikós)
- ἀλσοκομική (alsokomikḗ)
- ἀλσοκόμος (alsokómos)
- ἀλσοποιία (alsopoiía)
- ἀλσώδης (alsṓdēs)
- ἄλσωμα (álsōma)
- ἀλσών (alsṓn)
Descendants
- Greek: άλσος (álsos)
References
- ἄλσος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄλσος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄλσος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «ἄλσος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «ἄλσος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- «ἄλσος» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
- ἄλσος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.