ἐφέτης
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
ἐφίημι (ephíēmi, “to command”) + -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agent-noun suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pʰé.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpʰe.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈɸe.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈfe.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈfe.tis/
Noun edit
ἐφέτης • (ephétēs) m (genitive ἐφέτου); first declension
- commander
- (in the plural) the Ephetae, a court that judged homicide cases, in ancient Athens
- judge of appeals
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἐφέτης ho ephétēs |
τὼ ἐφέτᾱ tṑ ephétā |
οἱ ἐφέται hoi ephétai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐφέτου toû ephétou |
τοῖν ἐφέταιν toîn ephétain |
τῶν ἐφετῶν tôn ephetôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐφέτῃ tôi ephétēi |
τοῖν ἐφέταιν toîn ephétain |
τοῖς ἐφέταις toîs ephétais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἐφέτην tòn ephétēn |
τὼ ἐφέτᾱ tṑ ephétā |
τοὺς ἐφέτᾱς toùs ephétās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐφέτᾰ ephéta |
ἐφέτᾱ ephétā |
ἐφέται ephétai | ||||||||||
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References edit
- ἐφέτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ἐφέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐφέτης - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.