Ἑλένη

See also: Ελένη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Feminine form of Ἕλενος (Hélenos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.lé.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ɛˈlɛ.ne/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈle.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈle.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈle.ni/

Proper noun

Ἑλένη • (Helénē) f (genitive Ἑλένης); first declension

A female given name, equivalent to English Helen

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἑλένη; τῆς Ἑλένης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἑλένη hē Helénē
Genitive	τῆς Ἑλένης tês Helénēs
Dative	τῇ Ἑλένῃ têi Helénēi
Accusative	τὴν Ἑλένην tḕn Helénēn
Vocative	Ἑλένη Helénē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

Ἕλενος (Hélenos)

Descendants

Greek: Ελένη (Eléni)
→ Georgian: ელენე (elene)
→ Latin: Helena, Helene (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Armenian: Հեղինէ (Hełinē)
- Armenian: Հեղինե (Hełine)
→ Old Church Slavonic: Елена (Elena)
- → Belarusian: Елена (Jeljena)
  - ⇒ Belarusian: Алена (Aljena)
- → Bulgarian: Елена (Elena)
- → Macedonian: Елена (Elena)
- → Russian: Елена (Jelena)
  - → Estonian: Jelena
  - → Latvian: Jeļena
  - → Lithuanian: Jelena
  - → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: Јелена
    
    Latin: Jelena
  - ⇒ Russian: Алёна (Aljóna)
    - → Finnish: Aljona
  - → Slovak: Jela
  - → Slovene: Jelena
- → Slovak: Elena
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin: Helena
- → Ukrainian: Олена (Olena)
→ Persian: هلن‎ (Helen)

Further reading

Ἑλένη in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
Ἑλένη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012

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