Ἔρεβος

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷos. Cognate with Old Armenian երեկ (erek, “evening”), Sanskrit रजस् (rájas, “dimness, darkness, mist”) and Old Norse røkkr (“twilight”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /érebos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛ́rɛbos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /éreβos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /érevos/

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

Proper noun

Ἔρεβος (genitive Ἐρέβους) n, third declension; (Erebos)

1. Erebus

Inflection

    Third declension of Ἔρεβος, Ἐρέβεος (uncontracted)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ἔρεβος
Genitive	Ἐρέβεος
Dative	Ἐρέβεϊ
Accusative	Ἔρεβος
Vocative	Ἔρεβος

This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. Ἐρέβεσος), which was dropped early on in the history of Ancient Greek.

    Third declension of Ἔρεβος, Ἐρέβους (contracted)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ἔρεβος
Genitive	Ἐρέβους
Dative	Ἐρέβει
Accusative	Ἔρεβος
Vocative	Ἔρεβος

The irregular accentuation of this paradigm is explained by the fact that it is the contracted version of the above paradigm.

Descendants

• Greek: Έρεβος
• Latin: Erebus
• Spanish: erebo

References

• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1010