Ἐρατοσθένης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐρᾰτός (eratós, “lovely”) +‎ σθένος (sthénos, “strong”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ra.tos.tʰé.nɛːs/ → /e.ra.tosˈθe.nis/ → /e.ra.tosˈθe.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ra.tos.tʰé.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.ra.tosˈtʰe.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ra.tosˈθe.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ra.tosˈθe.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ra.tosˈθe.nis/

Proper noun

Ἐρᾰτοσθένης • (Eratosthénēs) m (genitive Ἐρᾰτοσθένους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Eratosthenes
   1. (in particular) the 3rd century BCE mathematician Eratosthenes

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Ἐρᾰτοσθένης; τοῦ Ἐρᾰτοσθένους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἐρᾰτοσθένης ho Eratosthénēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἐρᾰτοσθένους toû Eratosthénous
Dative	τῷ Ἐρᾰτοσθένει tôi Eratosthénei
Accusative	τὸν Ἐρᾰτοσθένη tòn Eratosthénē
Vocative	Ἐρᾰτόσθενες Eratósthenes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• Ἐρατοσθένης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Ἐρατοσθένης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011