- ἥλιος
- ἥλιοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `sun' (Il.).Other forms: ep. ἠέλιος, Dor. Aeol. Arc. ἀέλιος, Dor. (trag.) also ἅλιοςCompounds: Several compp., a. o. as plant- and animals-names, e. g. ἡλιο-τρόπιον, -κάνθαρος (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 48 und 75, Wortstudien 11).Derivatives: ἡλιώτης (ἠελ-), f. -τις `belonging to the sun' (S., AP ), ἡλιακός (ἁλ-) `id.' (hell.; cf. Chantraine Formation 393f.); `Ηλιάδες f. pl. `daughters of the sun' (Parm., A. R. ; also sg. as adj. [Luc.]) with masc. `Ηλιάδης `son of the sun' (Str., D. S.); s. Chantraine 356 u. 362f.; ἡλιώδης `sunlike' (Chaerem.), `Ηλιών m. month name (Termessos), ἡλίτης (λίθος Dam. Isid. 233; cf. Redard Les noms grec en -της 54). Denomin. verbs: 1. ἡλιόομαι `be in the sun, be sun-struck' (IA) with ἡλίωσις (Hp., Thphr.), -όω `expose to the sun' (Aët.). 2. ἡλιάζομαι `bake in the sun' (Arist.), -άζω `id.' (Str.) with ἡλίασις `exposure to the sun' (Gal., D. C.), ἡλιαστήριον `place in the sun' (Str., Pap.). 3. ἡλιάω `expose to the sun, be like the sun' (Arist.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [881] *seh₂u-el- `sun'Etymology: Cretan ἀβέλιος in H. (after Herakleid. Mil. Pamphyl.; cf. Bechtel Dial. 2, 667), i. e. ἀϜέλιος, points to an original *σᾱϜέλιος, differing from Skt. sū́rya- `sun' (beside sū́ra-) only in ablaut. Both languages have an l-stem, IE *sāu̯el-, *sūl- (cf. Skt. súvar n. \< *suu̯el; full grade also in Lith. sáulė, Welsh haul, zero grade e. g. in OIr. sūil `eye') with a personifiing i̯o-suffix. The basis is a neutral heteroclitic l-n-stem, still seen in Av. hvarǝ (= Skt. s(ú)var), gen. xvǝ̄ng (\< PIIr. *su̯an-s) and also seen in Germanic in the change between Goth. sauil, ONord. OE. sōl and Goth. sunno, OE. sunne `sun'. Further see W.-Hofmann and Ernout-Meillet s. sōl, Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. sólnice. Connection with IE *su̯el- `burn' (s. εἵλη) is impossible. - In Etr. avil `year' Maresch Μνημης χάριν 2, 27f. proposes to see a loan from Gr. ἁϜέλιος.Page in Frisk: 1,631-632
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.