ἐρεμνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From earlier *ἐρεβνός (*erebnós), itself from Ἔρεβος (Érebos) +‎ -νός (-nós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.rem.nós/ → /e.remˈnos/ → /e.remˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rem.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.remˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.remˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.remˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.remˈnos/

Adjective

ἐρεμνός • (eremnós) m (feminine ἐρεμνή, neuter ἐρεμνόν); first/second declension

1. murky, black, dark, obscure

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐρεμνός; ἐρεμνή; ἐρεμνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐρεμνός eremnós	ἐρεμνή eremnḗ	ἐρεμνόν eremnón		ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ	ἐρεμνᾱ́ eremnā́	ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ		ἐρεμνοί eremnoí	ἐρεμναί eremnaí	ἐρεμνᾰ́ eremná
Genitive		ἐρεμνοῦ eremnoû	ἐρεμνῆς eremnês	ἐρεμνοῦ eremnoû		ἐρεμνοῖν eremnoîn	ἐρεμναῖν eremnaîn	ἐρεμνοῖν eremnoîn		ἐρεμνῶν eremnôn	ἐρεμνῶν eremnôn	ἐρεμνῶν eremnôn
Dative		ἐρεμνῷ eremnôi	ἐρεμνῇ eremnêi	ἐρεμνῷ eremnôi		ἐρεμνοῖν eremnoîn	ἐρεμναῖν eremnaîn	ἐρεμνοῖν eremnoîn		ἐρεμνοῖς eremnoîs	ἐρεμναῖς eremnaîs	ἐρεμνοῖς eremnoîs
Accusative		ἐρεμνόν eremnón	ἐρεμνήν eremnḗn	ἐρεμνόν eremnón		ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ	ἐρεμνᾱ́ eremnā́	ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ		ἐρεμνούς eremnoús	ἐρεμνᾱ́ς eremnā́s	ἐρεμνᾰ́ eremná
Vocative		ἐρεμνέ eremné	ἐρεμνή eremnḗ	ἐρεμνόν eremnón		ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ	ἐρεμνᾱ́ eremnā́	ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ		ἐρεμνοί eremnoí	ἐρεμναί eremnaí	ἐρεμνᾰ́ eremná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐρεμνῶς eremnôs				ἐρεμνότερος eremnóteros				ἐρεμνότᾰτος eremnótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐρεμναῖος (eremnaîos)

Further reading

• “ἐρεμνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐρεμνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐρεμνός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐρεμνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐρεμνός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN