ἐνεός
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- ἐννεός (enneós)
Etymology
editThe form is similar to κενεός (keneós), but has no clear etymology. Brugmann connects the word with εὖνις (eûnis), but this claim is refused by Kretschmer. Furnée compares νενός (nenós, “meek, silly”) and further νενίηλος (neníēlos), hinting at a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.ne.ós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.neˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.neˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.neˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.neˈos/
Adjective
editἐνεός • (eneós) m (feminine ἐνεᾱ́, neuter ἐνεόν); first/second declension
- dumb, mute, speechless
- senseless, stupid
- useless (of things)
- astonished, dumbfounded
Inflection
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἐνεός eneós |
ἐνεᾱ́ eneā́ |
ἐνεόν eneón |
ἐνεώ eneṓ |
ἐνεᾱ́ eneā́ |
ἐνεώ eneṓ |
ἐνεοί eneoí |
ἐνεαί eneaí |
ἐνεᾰ́ eneá | |||||
Genitive | ἐνεοῦ eneoû |
ἐνεᾶς eneâs |
ἐνεοῦ eneoû |
ἐνεοῖν eneoîn |
ἐνεαῖν eneaîn |
ἐνεοῖν eneoîn |
ἐνεῶν eneôn |
ἐνεῶν eneôn |
ἐνεῶν eneôn | |||||
Dative | ἐνεῷ eneôi |
ἐνεᾷ eneâi |
ἐνεῷ eneôi |
ἐνεοῖν eneoîn |
ἐνεαῖν eneaîn |
ἐνεοῖν eneoîn |
ἐνεοῖς eneoîs |
ἐνεαῖς eneaîs |
ἐνεοῖς eneoîs | |||||
Accusative | ἐνεόν eneón |
ἐνεᾱ́ν eneā́n |
ἐνεόν eneón |
ἐνεώ eneṓ |
ἐνεᾱ́ eneā́ |
ἐνεώ eneṓ |
ἐνεούς eneoús |
ἐνεᾱ́ς eneā́s |
ἐνεᾰ́ eneá | |||||
Vocative | ἐνεέ eneé |
ἐνεᾱ́ eneā́ |
ἐνεόν eneón |
ἐνεώ eneṓ |
ἐνεᾱ́ eneā́ |
ἐνεώ eneṓ |
ἐνεοί eneoí |
ἐνεαί eneaí |
ἐνεᾰ́ eneá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐνεῶς eneôs |
ἐνεώτερος eneṓteros |
ἐνεώτᾰτος eneṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ἐνεοστασία (eneostasía)
- ἐνεότης (eneótēs)
- ἐνεόφρων (eneóphrōn)
Further reading
edit- “ἐνεός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐνεός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐνεός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐνεός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 423-424