Αἰσχίνης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Αἰσχῐ́νᾱς (Aiskhínās)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯s.kʰí.nɛːs/ → /ɛsˈçi.nis/ → /esˈçi.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯s.kʰí.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛsˈkʰi.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛsˈçi.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /esˈçi.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /esˈçi.nis/

Proper noun

Αἰσχῐ́νης • (Aiskhínēs) m (genitive Αἰσχῐ́νου); first declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Aeschines
2. Aeschines, a 4th century BCE orator

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Αἰσχῐ́νης; τοῦ Αἰσχῐ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Αἰσχῐ́νης ho Aiskhínēs
Genitive	τοῦ Αἰσχῐ́νου toû Aiskhínou
Dative	τῷ Αἰσχῐ́νῃ tôi Aiskhínēi
Accusative	τὸν Αἰσχῐ́νην tòn Aiskhínēn
Vocative	Αἰσχῐ́νη Aiskhínē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αισχίνης (Aischínis)
• → Latin: Aeschinēs
• → Old Armenian: Եսքինէս (Eskʻinēs)

Further reading

• Αἰσχίνης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000