Εὔμαιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pre-Greek, proposals include:

• From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) +‎ μαίομαι (maíomai, “seek after, seek for”) +‎ -ος (-os).
• From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) +‎ *μαῖος (*maîos, “foster father”) +‎ -ος (-os). Compare μαῖᾰ (maîa, “foster mother”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ěu̯.mai̯.os/ → /ˈeβ.mɛ.os/ → /ˈev.me.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěu̯.mai̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈew.mɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeβ.mɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈev.me.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈev.me.os/

Proper noun

Εὔμαιος • (Eúmaios) m (genitive Εὐμαίου); second declension

1. a male given name from Eumaeus
2. (Greek mythology) the swineherd of Odysseus

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Εὔμαιος; τοῦ Εὐμαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Εὔμαιος ho Eúmaios
Genitive	τοῦ Εὐμαίου toû Eumaíou
Dative	τῷ Εὐμαίῳ tôi Eumaíōi
Accusative	τὸν Εὔμαιον tòn Eúmaion
Vocative	Εὔμαιε Eúmaie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Εύμαιος (Évmaios)
• → Latin: Eumaeus

Further reading

• “Εὔμαιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Εὔμαιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette