εὐνοῦχος
See also: ευνούχος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Compound of εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”); literally, someone who takes care of the nuptial chamber, a chamberlain.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.nûː.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ewˈnu.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈβnu.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈvnu.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈvnu.xos/
Noun edit
εὐνοῦχος • (eunoûkhos) m (genitive εὐνούχου); second declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ εὐνοῦχος ho eunoûkhos |
τὼ εὐνούχω tṑ eunoúkhō |
οἱ εὐνοῦχοι hoi eunoûkhoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ εὐνούχου toû eunoúkhou |
τοῖν εὐνούχοιν toîn eunoúkhoin |
τῶν εὐνούχων tôn eunoúkhōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ εὐνούχῳ tôi eunoúkhōi |
τοῖν εὐνούχοιν toîn eunoúkhoin |
τοῖς εὐνούχοις toîs eunoúkhois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν εὐνοῦχον tòn eunoûkhon |
τὼ εὐνούχω tṑ eunoúkhō |
τοὺς εὐνούχους toùs eunoúkhous | ||||||||||
Vocative | εὐνοῦχε eunoûkhe |
εὐνούχω eunoúkhō |
εὐνοῦχοι eunoûkhoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- εὐνουχεῖον (eunoukheîon)
- εὐνουχίας (eunoukhías)
- εὐνουχίζω (eunoukhízō)
- εὐνουχισμός (eunoukhismós)
- εὐνουχιστής (eunoukhistḗs)
- εὐνουχοειδής (eunoukhoeidḗs)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “εὐνοῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εὐνοῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- εὐνοῦχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette