ἡμιπέλεκκον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) +‎ πέλεκκον (pélekkon, “handle of an axe”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.mi.pé.lek.kon/ → /i.miˈpe.le.kon/ → /i.miˈpe.le.kon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.mi.pé.lek.kon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.miˈpe.lek.kon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.miˈpe.le.kon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.miˈpe.le.kon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.miˈpe.le.kon/

Noun

ἡμῐπέλεκκον • (hēmipélekkon) n (genitive ἡμῐπελέκκου); second declension

1. half-axe, one-edged axe

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἡμῐπέλεκκον; τοῦ ἡμῐπελέκκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἡμῐπέλεκκον tò hēmipélekkon	τὼ ἡμῐπελέκκω tṑ hēmipelékkō	τᾰ̀ ἡμῐπέλεκκᾰ tà hēmipélekka
Genitive	τοῦ ἡμῐπελέκκου toû hēmipelékkou	τοῖν ἡμῐπελέκκοιν toîn hēmipelékkoin	τῶν ἡμῐπελέκκων tôn hēmipelékkōn
Dative	τῷ ἡμῐπελέκκῳ tôi hēmipelékkōi	τοῖν ἡμῐπελέκκοιν toîn hēmipelékkoin	τοῖς ἡμῐπελέκκοις toîs hēmipelékkois
Accusative	τὸ ἡμῐπέλεκκον tò hēmipélekkon	τὼ ἡμῐπελέκκω tṑ hēmipelékkō	τᾰ̀ ἡμῐπέλεκκᾰ tà hēmipélekka
Vocative	ἡμῐπέλεκκον hēmipélekkon	ἡμῐπελέκκω hēmipelékkō	ἡμῐπέλεκκᾰ hēmipélekka
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἡμιπέλεκκον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἡμιπέλεκκον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἡμιπέλεκκον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἡμιπέλεκκον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἡμιπέλεκκον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963