ὕαλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ὕελος (húelos)

Etymology

According to Furnée, a Pre-Greek word, due to the variation "α/ε". According to Beekes, there is a similarity with Proto-Germanic *glasą (“glass”) and Latin sualiternicum (“a kind of reddish amber”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hý.a.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)y.a.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.a.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.a.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.a.los/

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Noun

ὕαλος • (húalos) f (genitive ὑάλου); second declension

some kind of crystalline stone
convex lens of crystal, used as a burning glass
glass

Declension

Second declension of ἡ ὕαλος; τῆς ὑάλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὕαλος hē húalos	τὼ ὑάλω tṑ huálō	αἱ ὕαλοι hai húaloi
Genitive	τῆς ὑάλου tês huálou	τοῖν ὑάλοιν toîn huáloin	τῶν ὑάλων tôn huálōn
Dative	τῇ ὑάλῳ têi huálōi	τοῖν ὑάλοιν toîn huáloin	ταῖς ὑάλοις taîs huálois
Accusative	τὴν ὕαλον tḕn húalon	τὼ ὑάλω tṑ huálō	τᾱ̀ς ὑάλους tā̀s huálous
Vocative	ὕαλε húale	ὑάλω huálō	ὕαλοι húaloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὑαλᾶς (hualâs)
ὑάλεος (huáleos)
ὑάλη (huálē)
ὑαλιεύς (hualieús)
ὑαλίζω (hualízō)
ὑαλικός (hualikós)
ὑάλινος (huálinos)
ὑάλιος (huálios)

ὑαλῖτις (hualîtis)
ὑαλοειδής (hualoeidḗs)
ὑαλόεις (hualóeis)
ὑαλουργεῖον (hualourgeîon)
ὑαλουργικός (hualourgikós)
ὑαλουργός (hualourgós)
ὑαλοῦς (hualoûs)
ὑαλόχρους (hualókhrous)

ὑαλοψός (hualopsós)
ὑαλώδης (hualṓdēs)
ὑάλωμα (huálōma)
ὑαλῶπις (hualôpis)
ὑελέψης (huelépsēs)
ὑελιάριος (hueliários)
ὑέλιον (huélion)
ὑελοψικός (huelopsikós)

Descendants

Latin: hyalus