ἀποστολεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓πόστολος (apóstolos) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pos.to.lěu̯s/ → /a.pos.toˈleɸs/ → /a.pos.toˈlefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pos.to.lěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.pos.toˈlews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.pos.toˈleɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.pos.toˈlefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.pos.toˈlefs/

Noun

ᾰ̓ποστολεύς • (apostoleús) m (genitive ᾰ̓ποστολέως); third declension

1. One who dispatches, dispatcher
2. (military) An Athenian magistrate who outfitted a squadron for service

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ᾰ̓ποστολεύς; τοῦ ᾰ̓ποστολέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓ποστολεύς ho apostoleús	τὼ ᾰ̓ποστολῆ tṑ apostolê	οἱ ᾰ̓ποστολῆς / ᾰ̓ποστολεῖς hoi apostolês / apostoleîs
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓ποστολέως toû apostoléōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποστολέοιν toîn apostoléoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ποστολέων tôn apostoléōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓ποστολεῖ tôi apostoleî	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποστολέοιν toîn apostoléoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓ποστολεῦσῐ / ᾰ̓ποστολεῦσῐν toîs apostoleûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓ποστολέᾱ tòn apostoléā	τὼ ᾰ̓ποστολῆ tṑ apostolê	τοὺς ᾰ̓ποστολέᾱς toùs apostoléās
Vocative	ᾰ̓ποστολεῦ apostoleû	ᾰ̓ποστολῆ apostolê	ᾰ̓ποστολῆς / ᾰ̓ποστολεῖς apostolês / apostoleîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αποστολέας (apostoléas)

Further reading

• “ἀποστολεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀποστολεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀποστολεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀποστολεύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)