αλκυονίδες

See also: ἀλκυονίδες

Greek

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /al.ci.oˈni.ðes/
  • Hyphenation: αλ‧κυ‧ο‧νί‧δες

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἀλκυονίδες (alkuonídes), substantivised plural of ἀλκυονίς (alkuonís) by ellipsis of ἡμέραι (hēmérai, “days”).[1][2]

Noun

αλκυονίδες • (alkyonídes) f pl

  1. ellipsis of αλκυονίδες ημέρες (alkyonídes iméres, “hot winter days, halcyon days”) by ellipsis of ημέρες (iméres, “days”)
Declension

Also, less frequent singular: αλκυονίδα (alkyonída) by ellipsis of ημέρα (iméra, “day”)

  αλκυονίδες
case     \     number plural
nominative αλκυονίδες •
genitive αλκυονίδων •
accusative αλκυονίδες •
vocative αλκυονίδες •

Etymology 2

Inflectional form.

Noun

αλκυονίδες • (alkyonídes) f

  1. Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of αλκυονίδα (alkyonída).

References
  1. αλκυονίδες, αλκυονίδα - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only], Centre for the Greek language
  2. αλκυονίδες - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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