Εὐκλείδης

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Ancient GreekEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Εὐκλῆς (Euklês) +‎ -ίδης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix)

PronunciationEdit

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.klěː.dɛːs/ → /eɸˈkli.ðis/ → /efˈkli.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.klěː.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eʍˈkli.des/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸˈkli.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /efˈkli.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /efˈkli.ðis/

Proper nounEdit

Εὐκλείδης • (Eukleídēs) m (genitive Εὐκλείδου); first declension

1. A male given name: Eucleides or Euclid
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Poetics 1458b
2. in particular, the mathematician Euclid

InflectionEdit

First declension of ὁ Εὐκλείδης; τοῦ Εὐκλείδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Εὐκλείδης ho Eukleídēs
Genitive	τοῦ Εὐκλείδου toû Eukleídou
Dative	τῷ Εὐκλείδῃ tôi Eukleídēi
Accusative	τὸν Εὐκλείδην tòn Eukleídēn
Vocative	Εὐκλείδη Eukleídē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

DescendantsEdit

• English: Euclid, Eucleides
• Greek: Ευκλείδης (Efkleídis)
• Hindi: उकलैदिस (uklaidis)
• Latin: Euclides, Eucleides
• Russian: Евклид (Jevklid), Эвклид (Evklid)
• Spanish: Euclides

ReferencesEdit

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010