εἷς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From *ἕνς, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗm. Cognates include Sanskrit सकृत् (sakṛt), Latin semper

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /hé͜es/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /hiːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /is/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /is/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /is/

Numeral

εἷς (heis) Ordinal: πρῶτος, Adverbial: ἅπαξ

1. (cardinal) one

Inflection

    First and third declension of εἷς, μία, ἕν

Case / #	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	εἷς	μία	ἕν
Genitive	ἑνός	μιᾶς	ἑνός
Dative	ἑνί	μιᾷ	ἑνί
Accusative	ἕνα	μίαν	ἕν

See also

• οἶος

Descendants

• Greek: ένας, ένα

References

• εἷς in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G1520