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Ἑλλάς

ellas

ἄάδος f

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Where it lives

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What it meant

1. Ἑλλάς · Hellas — Frisk

Ἑλλάς, -ἄάδος f. “Hellas’, Land der Ἕλληνες (5. u.), Ben. einer Landschaft des südlichen Thessaliens (Il.), des griech. Festlandes, bisweilen im Gegensatz zum Peloponnes (seit Od.), auch auf das kleinasiat. Ionien ausgedehnt (seit Hdt.); — such Ad). ἢ. hellenisch’ (γλῶσσα, πόλις usw.; Hdt., A. u. a.). Als Vorderglied in Ἑλλαδ-άρχης (mit ἑλλαδαρχέω) “Führer der E’, N. des Vorsitzenden des achäischen Bundes, der … — [Frisk, s.v. Ἑλλάς, p. 530]

2. Ἑλλάς · Hellas — Frisk

Ἑλλάς. Zum Volksnamen Ἔλλοπες Ramat Riv. fil. class. 90 (1962) 162ff. — [Frisk, s.v. Ἑλλάς, p. 2212]

3. Ἑλλάς · Hellas — LSJ

Hellas

Hellas, said to have been originally the name of the region round Dodona, Arist. Mete. 352a34, Sch. Il. 21.194.

2

a city of Thessaly, founded by Hellen, οἵ τʼ εἶχον Φθίην ἠδʼ Ἑλλάδα Il. 2.683.

3 part of Phthiotis

part of Phthiotis, inhabited by the Μυρμιδόνες, 9.395, al.

4 Northern Greece

Northern Greece, opp. Peloponnesus, D. 19.303, Ptol. Geog. 3.14.1: sts. so expld. in the phrase καθʼ Ἑλλάδα καὶ μέσον Ἄργος Od. 1.344, 4.726, al.

5 Greece

Greece, from Peloponnesus to Epirus and Thessaly inclusively, Hes. Op. 653, Hdt. 8.44, 47, A. Pers. 50 (anap.), 234 (troch.): used collectively for Ἕλληνες, E. Or. 648, Th. 1.6, etc.

6 all lands inhabited by Hellenes, Greece, Magna Graecia

as a general name for all lands inhabited by Hellenes, including Ionia, etc., Hdt. 1.92, Th. 1.3, X. An. 6.5.23, etc.; οὔθʼ Ἑ. οὔτʼ ἄγλωσσος S. Tr. 1060: hence ἡ ἀρχαία Ἑ. Old Greece, Plu. Tim. 37; ἡ μεγάλη Ἑ. Magna Graecia, Plb. 2.39.1, Ath. 12.523e; including Sicily, Str. 6.1.2.

7

Ἑλλάδος Ἑ., Ἀθῆναι AP 7.45 (Thuc.): pl., τὴν Ἑ. Ἑλλάσι πολλαῖς παραυξήσας Ph. 2.567.

8 the Greek language

(sc. φωνή) the Greek language, Ael. VH 9.16.

II Greek

fem. Adj. Greek, γλῶσσα Hdt. 6.98, al.; πόλις Id. 5.93; χθών A. Supp. 243; στολή S. Ph. 223, etc.; masc., Id. Fr. 17; τίς Ἑ. ἢ βάρβαρος ἢ τῶν προπάροιθʼ εὐγενετᾶν ἕτερος . .; E. Ph. 1509.

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Where it came from

  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Ἑλλάς (scan pp. 530-531; entry #1866).

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