Οἴνωτρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The Italic tribe of the Oenotrians has been linked to both Oenotrus and the word οἶνος (oînos, “wine”), supposedly referring to the fertile vineyards of southern Italy, but it is unclear if the connection stems from folk etymology. Also compare οἴνωτρον (oínōtron, “vine stake”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǒi̯.nɔː.tros/ → /ˈy.no.tros/ → /ˈi.no.tros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǒi̯.nɔː.tros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈy.no.tros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.no.tros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.no.tros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.no.tros/

Proper noun

Οἴνωτρος • (Oínōtros) m (genitive Οἰνώτρου); second declension

1. Oenotrus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Οἴνωτρος; τοῦ Οἰνώτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Οἴνωτρος ho Oínōtros
Genitive	τοῦ Οἰνώτρου toû Oinṓtrou
Dative	τῷ Οἰνώτρῳ tôi Oinṓtrōi
Accusative	τὸν Οἴνωτρον tòn Oínōtron
Vocative	Οἴνωτρε Oínōtre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Οἰνωτρῐ́ᾱ (Oinōtríā)

Descendants

• Greek: Οίνωτρος (Oínotros)
• Italian: Enotro
• Latin: Oenotrus
• Sicilian: Enotru

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019