ἔλαφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *éləpʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éln̥bʰos, from *h₁el- (deer). Compare ἐλλός (ellós, young deer), Lithuanian elnias (deer, stag, hart), Russian оле́нь (olénʹ, deer), Russian лось (losʹ, elk), Old Armenian եղն (ełn, hind).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔλᾰφος (élaphos) m or f (genitive ἐλᾰ́φου); second declension

  1. red deer, Cervus elaphus

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἔλαφος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 402-403
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