βέλεμνον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δέλεμνον (délemnon)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to hit by throwing”), the same root of βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bé.lem.non/ → /ˈβe.lem.non/ → /ˈve.lem.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bé.lem.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.lem.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβe.lem.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈve.lem.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈve.lem.non/

Noun

βέλεμνον • (bélemnon) n (genitive βελέμνου); second declension

1. dart, javelin
2. projectile

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βέλεμνον tò bélemnon	τὼ βελέμνω tṑ belémnō	τᾰ̀ βέλεμνᾰ tằ bélemnă
Genitive	τοῦ βελέμνου toû belémnou	τοῖν βελέμνοιν toîn belémnoin	τῶν βελέμνων tôn belémnōn
Dative	τῷ βελέμνῳ tôi belémnōi	τοῖν βελέμνοιν toîn belémnoin	τοῖς βελέμνοις toîs belémnois
Accusative	τὸ βέλεμνον tò bélemnon	τὼ βελέμνω tṑ belémnō	τᾰ̀ βέλεμνᾰ tằ bélemnă
Vocative	βέλεμνον bélemnon	βελέμνω belémnō	βέλεμνᾰ bélemnă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of τὸ βέλεμνον; τοῦ βελέμνου (Attic)

Further reading

• “βέλεμνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βέλεμνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “βέλεμνον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βέλεμνον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βέλεμνον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• βέλεμνον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN