ἑρμηνευτής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō, “to interpret”) +‎ -της (-tēs, agent suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /her.mɛː.neu̯.tɛ̌ːs/ → /er.mi.neɸˈtis/ → /er.mi.nefˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /her.mɛː.neu̯.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)er.me̝.newˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /er.mi.neɸˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /er.mi.nefˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /er.mi.nefˈtis/

Noun

ἑρμηνευτής • (hermēneutḗs) m (genitive ἑρμηνευτοῦ); first declension

1. interpreter, translator

   Synonym: ἑρμηνεύς (hermēneús)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἑρμηνευτής; τοῦ ἑρμηνευτοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἑρμηνευτής ho hermēneutḗs	τὼ ἑρμηνευτᾱ́ tṑ hermēneutā́	οἱ ἑρμηνευταί hoi hermēneutaí
Genitive	τοῦ ἑρμηνευτοῦ toû hermēneutoû	τοῖν ἑρμηνευταῖν toîn hermēneutaîn	τῶν ἑρμηνευτῶν tôn hermēneutôn
Dative	τῷ ἑρμηνευτῇ tôi hermēneutêi	τοῖν ἑρμηνευταῖν toîn hermēneutaîn	τοῖς ἑρμηνευταῖς toîs hermēneutaîs
Accusative	τὸν ἑρμηνευτήν tòn hermēneutḗn	τὼ ἑρμηνευτᾱ́ tṑ hermēneutā́	τοὺς ἑρμηνευτᾱ́ς toùs hermēneutā́s
Vocative	ἑρμηνευτᾰ́ hermēneutá	ἑρμηνευτᾱ́ hermēneutā́	ἑρμηνευταί hermēneutaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ερμηνευτής (ermineftís)
• → English: hermeneut

Further reading

• “ἑρμηνευτής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἑρμηνευτής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette