ἔταλον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἔτελον (ételon)

Etymology

PIE word
*wet-

From Proto-Indo-European *wét-os, from *wet- (“year”). Cognate with Latin vitulus.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.ta.lon/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ta.lon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ta.lon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ta.lon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ta.lon/

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Noun

ἔταλον • (étalon) n (genitive ἐτάλου); second declension

a young animal; yearling
- Del., 644 18
- Aegae, IV-III

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἔταλον; τοῦ ἐτάλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔταλον tò étalon	τὼ ἐτάλω tṑ etálō	τᾰ̀ ἔταλᾰ tà étala
Genitive	τοῦ ἐτάλου toû etálou	τοῖν ἐτάλοιν toîn etáloin	τῶν ἐτάλων tôn etálōn
Dative	τῷ ἐτάλῳ tôi etálōi	τοῖν ἐτάλοιν toîn etáloin	τοῖς ἐτάλοις toîs etálois
Accusative	τὸ ἔταλον tò étalon	τὼ ἐτάλω tṑ etálō	τᾰ̀ ἔταλᾰ tà étala
Vocative	ἔταλον étalon	ἐτάλω etálō	ἔταλᾰ étala
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

ἔτος (étos)

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἔταλον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 474

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