ἀλόη

See also: αλόη and ἀλωή

Ancient Greek

ἀλόη illustration in the Vienna Dioscurides

First attested in the 1st century CE, so apparently acquired via Aramaic, attested in like meaning in Classical Syriac ܥܠܘܝ (ʕalway, ʕelway), Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܥܠܘܐ, ܥܠܘܝܬܐ, Classical Mandaic ࡏࡋࡅࡀࡉࡀ (ʕluaia), ࡀࡋࡅࡀࡉ (ʔluai), from Old Tamil 𑀅𑀓𑀺𑀮𑁰 (akil); compare அகில் (akil, “agarwood”).

ἀλόη • (alóē) f (genitive ἀλόης); first declension

First declension of ἡ ἀλόη; τῆς ἀλόης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀλόη hē alóē	τὼ ἀλόᾱ tṑ alóā	αἱ ἀλόαι hai alóai
Genitive	τῆς ἀλόης tês alóēs	τοῖν ἀλόαιν toîn alóain	τῶν ἀλοῶν tôn aloôn
Dative	τῇ ἀλόῃ têi alóēi	τοῖν ἀλόαιν toîn alóain	ταῖς ἀλόαις taîs alóais
Accusative	τὴν ἀλόην tḕn alóēn	τὼ ἀλόᾱ tṑ alóā	τᾱ̀ς ἀλόᾱς tā̀s alóās
Vocative	ἀλόη alóē	ἀλόᾱ alóā	ἀλόαι alóai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek: αλόη f (alói)
→ Aramaic:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: אלויס, אלווס, אלוה

Classical Syriac: ܐܠܘܐܐ, ܐܠܘܐ

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אילווא
- → Arabic: أَلْوَة (ʔalwa)
→ Latin: aloē (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Armenian: հալուէ (haluē)
- → Armenian: հալվե (halve) (learned)
→ Old Georgian: ჰალოჲ (haloy), ალოვჱ (alovē), ალოეჱ (aloeē), ალოჲ (aloy)
- Georgian: ალოე (aloe)