ἀήτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄημι (áēmi, “to breathe, blow”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɛ̌ː.tɛːs/ → /aˈi.tis/ → /aˈi.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɛ̌ː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈe̝.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈi.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈi.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈi.tis/

Noun

ἀήτης • (aḗtēs) m (genitive ἀήτου); second declension

1. blast, gale

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἀήτης; τοῦ ἀήτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀήτης ho aḗtēs	τὼ ἀήτᾱ tṑ aḗtā	οἱ ἀῆται hoi aêtai
Genitive	τοῦ ἀήτου toû aḗtou	τοῖν ἀήταιν toîn aḗtain	τῶν ἀητῶν tôn aētôn
Dative	τῷ ἀήτῃ tôi aḗtēi	τοῖν ἀήταιν toîn aḗtain	τοῖς ἀήταις toîs aḗtais
Accusative	τὸν ἀήτην tòn aḗtēn	τὼ ἀήτᾱ tṑ aḗtā	τοὺς ἀήτᾱς toùs aḗtās
Vocative	ἀῆτᾰ aêta	ἀήτᾱ aḗtā	ἀῆται aêtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀήτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀήτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀήτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)