Aethalos

See also: aethalos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἴθᾰλος (Aíthalos), from αἴθᾰλος (aíthalos, “smoky flame, thick smoke”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯.tʰa.los/, [ˈäe̯t̪ʰäɫ̪ɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ta.los/, [ˈɛːt̪älos]

Proper noun

Aethalos m sg (genitive Aethalī); second declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek
   • AD 8, Publius Ovidius Naso (author), Alexander Riese (editor), Ibis in P. Ovidii Nasonis Carmina, volume III: Fasti. Tristia. Ibis. Ex Ponto. Halieutica. Fragmenta., Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz (stereotype edition, 1874), lines 619–624 (page 214):

     Aethalon ut vita spoliavit Isindius hospes, // quem memor a sacris nunc quoque pellit Ion: // utque Melanthea tenebris a caede latentem // prodidit officio luminis ipsa parens: // sic tua coniectis fodiantur pectora telis, // sic, precor, auxiliis impediare tuis.

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Aethalos
Genitive	Aethalī
Dative	Aethalō
Accusative	Aethalon
Ablative	Aethalō
Vocative	Aethale

References

• Æthălos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 82/2.