ἔταλον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἔτελον (ételon)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wét-os, from *wet- (year). Cognate with Latin vitulus.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔταλον • (étalon) n (genitive ἐτάλου); second declension

  1. a young animal; yearling
    • Del., 644 18
    • Aegae, IV-III

Inflection

References

  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔταλον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 474
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