ἐσθής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, clothe”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /wes.tʰɛ̌ːs/ → /esˈθis/ → /esˈθis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /wes.tʰɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /esˈtʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /esˈθis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /esˈθis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /esˈθis/

Noun

ἐσθής • (esthḗs) f (genitive ἐσθῆτος); third declension

1. clothes, clothing, raiment

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἐσθής; τῆς ἐσθῆτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐσθής hē esthḗs	τὼ ἐσθῆτε tṑ esthête	αἱ ἐσθῆτες hai esthêtes
Genitive	τῆς ἐσθῆτος tês esthêtos	τοῖν ἐσθήτοιν toîn esthḗtoin	τῶν ἐσθήτων tôn esthḗtōn
Dative	τῇ ἐσθῆτῐ têi esthêti	τοῖν ἐσθήτοιν toîn esthḗtoin	ταῖς ἐσθῆσῐ / ἐσθῆσῐν taîs esthêsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐσθῆτᾰ tḕn esthêta	τὼ ἐσθῆτε tṑ esthête	τᾱ̀ς ἐσθῆτᾰς tā̀s esthêtas
Vocative	ἐσθής esthḗs	ἐσθῆτε esthête	ἐσθῆτες esthêtes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Related terms

• ἑανός (heanós)
• εἷμα (heîma)
• εἴμαι (eímai)
• ἕννῡμι (hénnūmi)

 

Further reading

• “ἐσθής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐσθής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐσθής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἐσθής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G2066 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • apparel idem, page 34.
  • attire idem, page 51.
  • clothes idem, page 139.
  • costume idem, page 176.
  • dress idem, page 252.
  • garb idem, page 353.
  • garment idem, page 354.
  • gown idem, page 368.
  • habit idem, page 380.
  • raiment idem, page 669.
  • robe idem, page 719.