εἰρήνη

See also: ειρήνη, Ειρήνη, and Εἰρήνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes and Chantraine, probably from Pre-Greek. Older theories link the word to εἴρω (eírō, “to fasten together”) or εἴρω (eírō, “to speak, say”) (compare ῥήτρα (rhḗtra, “verbal agreement, treaty”)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.rɛ̌ː.nɛː/ → /iˈri.ni/ → /iˈri.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.rɛ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈre̝.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈri.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈri.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈri.ni/

Noun

εἰρήνη • (eirḗnē) f (genitive εἰρήνης); first declension

1. peace

Declension

First declension of ἡ εἰρήνη; τῆς εἰρήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εἰρήνη hē eirḗnē	τὼ εἰρήνᾱ tṑ eirḗnā	αἱ εἰρῆναι hai eirênai
Genitive	τῆς εἰρήνης tês eirḗnēs	τοῖν εἰρήναιν toîn eirḗnain	τῶν εἰρηνῶν tôn eirēnôn
Dative	τῇ εἰρήνῃ têi eirḗnēi	τοῖν εἰρήναιν toîn eirḗnain	ταῖς εἰρήναις taîs eirḗnais
Accusative	τὴν εἰρήνην tḕn eirḗnēn	τὼ εἰρήνᾱ tṑ eirḗnā	τᾱ̀ς εἰρήνᾱς tā̀s eirḗnās
Vocative	εἰρήνη eirḗnē	εἰρήνᾱ eirḗnā	εἰρῆναι eirênai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εἰρηναῖος (eirēnaîos)
• εἰρηνᾰ́ρχης (eirēnárkhēs)
• Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē)
• εἰρηνοφῠ́λᾰξ (eirēnophúlax)

 

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ (eirēnē), ⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ (irēnē), ϩⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ (hirēnē)
• Greek: ειρήνη (eiríni)

Further reading

• “εἰρήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εἰρήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “εἰρήνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• εἰρήνη 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
• εἰρήνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• εἰρήνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1515 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • pacification idem, page 588.
  • peace idem, page 600.