Ancient Greek

Noun

ἤλεκτρον • ‎(ḗlektron) n ‎(genitive ἠλέκτρου); second declension

1. amber
2. an alloy of gold and silver

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: electro-
• French: électro-
• Greek: ηλεκτρο- ‎(ilektro-)
• Latin: electrum
• Russian: электрон ‎(elektrón)

References

• ἤλεκτρον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἤλεκτρον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἤλεκτρον in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἤλεκτρον» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἤλεκτρον» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amber idem, page 26.
  • silver-gold idem, page 776.