Έλληνας

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “Greek, Hellene”), from the accusative singular τόν (tón, “the”) Ἕλληνα (Héllēna, “Greek, Hellene”).[1] In Hellenistic Christian times: "Gentile, pagan". In Medieval Greek, the sense was either a "Greek" or a derogatory term for an "idolater"[2] (calling himself Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos), regaining its "Greek" sense after the 11th century. In Early Modern Greek the ethnonymic terms used instead were Ρωμιός (Romiós) or Γραικός (Graikós).[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈe.li.nas/
  • Hyphenation: Έλ‧λη‧νας

Proper noun

Έλληνας • (Éllinas) m (plural Έλληνες, feminine Ελληνίδα)

  1. (male) Greek or Hellene (a native, citizen or inhabitant of Greece, or someone who has Greek (Hellenic) ancestry)
    Ήρθαν ένας Έλληνας και μία Ελληνίδα. Είναι οι έλληνες φίλοι μου.
    Írthan énas Éllinas kai mía Ellinída. Eínai oi éllines fíloi mou.
    One Greek (man) and one Greek (woman) came. They are my Greek friends.
  2. for adjectival use, see έλληνας (éllinas)

Declension
declension of Έλληνας
case     \     number singular plural
nominative Έλληνας • Έλληνες •
genitive Έλληνα • Ελλήνων •
accusative Έλληνα • Έλληνες •
vocative Έλληνα • Έλληνες •

See also

References
  1. Έλληνας - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. Έλληνας - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.)] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)
  3. Έλληνας - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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