ἐρῆμος
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁mós (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to separate”).[1] Compare Latin rēte, rārus and Sanskrit ऋते (r̥té).[2]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.rɛ̂ː.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈre̝.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈri.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈri.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈri.mos/
Adjective
editἐρῆμος • (erêmos) m (feminine ἐρήμη, neuter ἐρῆμον); first/second declension
- lonely, lonesome, solitary
- (of places)
- (of persons or animals)
- (of conditions)
- (of places)
- (with genitive) bereft of, void or destitute of, undefended
- (substantive, usually feminine, occasionally masculine) an undefended action, in which one part does not appear, and judgement goes against them by default
- (feminine substantive) desert
Inflection
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἐρῆμος erêmos |
ἐρήμη erḗmē |
ἐρῆμον erêmon |
ἐρήμω erḗmō |
ἐρήμᾱ erḗmā |
ἐρήμω erḗmō |
ἐρῆμοι erêmoi |
ἐρῆμαι erêmai |
ἐρῆμᾰ erêma | |||||
Genitive | ἐρήμου erḗmou |
ἐρήμης erḗmēs |
ἐρήμου erḗmou |
ἐρήμοιν erḗmoin |
ἐρήμαιν erḗmain |
ἐρήμοιν erḗmoin |
ἐρήμων erḗmōn |
ἐρήμων erḗmōn |
ἐρήμων erḗmōn | |||||
Dative | ἐρήμῳ erḗmōi |
ἐρήμῃ erḗmēi |
ἐρήμῳ erḗmōi |
ἐρήμοιν erḗmoin |
ἐρήμαιν erḗmain |
ἐρήμοιν erḗmoin |
ἐρήμοις erḗmois |
ἐρήμαις erḗmais |
ἐρήμοις erḗmois | |||||
Accusative | ἐρῆμον erêmon |
ἐρήμην erḗmēn |
ἐρῆμον erêmon |
ἐρήμω erḗmō |
ἐρήμᾱ erḗmā |
ἐρήμω erḗmō |
ἐρήμους erḗmous |
ἐρήμᾱς erḗmās |
ἐρῆμᾰ erêma | |||||
Vocative | ἐρῆμε erême |
ἐρήμη erḗmē |
ἐρῆμον erêmon |
ἐρήμω erḗmō |
ἐρήμᾱ erḗmā |
ἐρήμω erḗmō |
ἐρῆμοι erêmoi |
ἐρῆμαι erêmai |
ἐρῆμᾰ erêma | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐρήμως erḗmōs |
ἐρημότερος erēmóteros |
ἐρημότᾰτος erēmótatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
editDescendants
editFrom the Attic form ἔρημος (érēmos):
- Greek: έρημος (érimos)
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρῆμος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 456-457
- ^ Frisk, Hjalmar (1960) “ἐρῆμος”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 557
Further reading
edit- “ἐρῆμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐρῆμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐρῆμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐρῆμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐρῆμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐρῆμος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- abandoned idem, page 1.
- bare idem, page 62.
- barren idem, page 63.
- benighted idem, page 74.
- bereft idem, page 74.
- blank idem, page 81.
- blasted idem, page 82.
- defenceless idem, page 204.
- denude idem, page 211.
- depopulated idem, page 212.
- deprive idem, page 213.
- desert idem, page 215.
- deserted idem, page 215.
- desolate idem, page 216.
- destitute idem, page 218.
- devoid of idem, page 220.
- disconsolate idem, page 230.
- dreary idem, page 252.
- empty idem, page 269.
- exposed idem, page 295.
- forlorn idem, page 338.
- forsaken idem, page 339.
- hermit idem, page 397.
- isolated idem, page 461.
- lonely idem, page 498.
- naked idem, page 550.
- out of idem, page 581.
- recluse idem, page 679.
- retired idem, page 707.
- secluded idem, page 746.
- sequestered idem, page 754.
- solitary idem, page 792.
- sterile idem, page 816.
- unfrequented idem, page 919.
- uninhabited idem, page 922.
- unoccupied idem, page 926.
- unpeopled idem, page 927.
- untenanted idem, page 934.
- untravelled idem, page 935.
- untraversed idem, page 935.
- untrodden idem, page 935.
- vacant idem, page 941.
- void idem, page 956.
- waste idem, page 965.
- wasted idem, page 965.
- wild idem, page 979.
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁reh₁- (separate)
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adjectives
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