Σμινθεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σμῐ́νθος (smínthos, “mouse”) +‎ -εύς (-eús). Or from Σμίνθη (Smínthē, “a town in the Troad”) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zmin.tʰěu̯s/ → /zminˈθeɸs/ → /zminˈθefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zmin.tʰěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zminˈtʰews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zminˈθeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zminˈθefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zminˈθefs/

Noun

Σμινθεύς • (Smintheús)

1. Smintheus, epithet of Apollo
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.39
   1. Sminthian or mouse-killer

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Σμῐνθεύς; τοῦ Σμῐνθέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σμῐνθεύς ho Smintheús
Genitive	τοῦ Σμῐνθέως toû Sminthéōs
Dative	τῷ Σμῐνθεῖ tôi Smintheî
Accusative	τὸν Σμῐνθέᾱ tòn Sminthéā
Vocative	Σμῐνθεῦ Smintheû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of Σμῐνθεύς; Σμῐνθῆος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Σμῐνθεύς Smintheús
Genitive	Σμῐνθῆος / Σμῐνθέος Sminthêos / Sminthéos
Dative	Σμῐνθῆῐ̈ / Σμῐνθέῐ̈ Sminthêï / Sminthéï
Accusative	Σμῐνθῆᾰ / Σμῐνθέᾰ Sminthêa / Sminthéa
Vocative	Σμῐνθεῦ Smintheû
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

• “Σμινθεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Σμινθεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Σμινθεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press