αἴθαλος

See also: αἰθαλός and Αἴθαλος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 12 March 2017

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐁁𐀲𐀫 (ai-ta-ro), from Proto-Hellenic *áitʰalos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“fire”). Compare Albanian jezull (“cloud of dust or smoke; ashes”) and Proto-Germanic *ailą (“fire”).

αἴθᾰλος • (aíthalos) m (genitive αἰθᾰ́λου); second declension

smoky flame and thick black smoke rising up from the sacked, scorched Troy
- 424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 911
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Lycophron, Alexandra 55
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On the Diseases of Women 1.91
1. soot
  - Semus 24
  - 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Cimon 1.4
  - 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 17.1
2. a cinder, an ember, a scintilla
  - 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 12.219
a kind of black grape grown in Egypt
- 23 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Natural History 14.74–75

Second declension of ὁ αἴθᾰλος; τοῦ αἰθᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ αἴθᾰλος ho aíthalos	τὼ αἰθᾰ́λω tṑ aithálō	οἱ αἴθᾰλοι hoi aíthaloi
Genitive	τοῦ αἰθᾰ́λου toû aithálou	τοῖν αἰθᾰ́λοιν toîn aitháloin	τῶν αἰθᾰ́λων tôn aithálōn
Dative	τῷ αἰθᾰ́λῳ tôi aithálōi	τοῖν αἰθᾰ́λοιν toîn aitháloin	τοῖς αἰθᾰ́λοις toîs aithálois
Accusative	τὸν αἴθᾰλον tòn aíthalon	τὼ αἰθᾰ́λω tṑ aithálō	τοὺς αἰθᾰ́λους toùs aithálous
Vocative	αἴθᾰλε aíthale	αἰθᾰ́λω aithálō	αἴθᾰλοι aíthaloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

αἴθᾰλος • (aíthalos) m or f (neuter αἴθᾰλον); second declension

burnt-coloured, dark brown, dusky, pitchy, blackish, dark
- 200 BCE – 100 BCE, Nicander, Theriaca 659

Second declension of αἴθᾰλος; αἴθᾰλον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	αἴθᾰλος aíthalos	αἴθᾰλον aíthalon	αἰθᾰ́λω aithálō	αἰθᾰ́λω aithálō	αἴθᾰλοι aíthaloi	αἴθᾰλᾰ aíthala
Genitive	αἰθᾰ́λου aithálou	αἰθᾰ́λου aithálou	αἰθᾰ́λοιν aitháloin	αἰθᾰ́λοιν aitháloin	αἰθᾰ́λων aithálōn	αἰθᾰ́λων aithálōn
Dative	αἰθᾰ́λῳ aithálōi	αἰθᾰ́λῳ aithálōi	αἰθᾰ́λοιν aitháloin	αἰθᾰ́λοιν aitháloin	αἰθᾰ́λοις aithálois	αἰθᾰ́λοις aithálois
Accusative	αἴθᾰλον aíthalon	αἴθᾰλον aíthalon	αἰθᾰ́λω aithálō	αἰθᾰ́λω aithálō	αἰθᾰ́λους aithálous	αἴθᾰλᾰ aíthala
Vocative	αἴθᾰλε aíthale	αἴθᾰλον aíthalon	αἰθᾰ́λω aithálō	αἰθᾰ́λω aithálō	αἴθᾰλοι aíthaloi	αἴθᾰλᾰ aíthala
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	αἰθᾰ́λως aithálōs		αἰθᾰλώτερος aithalṓteros		αἰθᾰλώτᾰτος aithalṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“αἴθαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
αἴθᾰλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

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