ἐτώσιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐτός (etós, “without reason, in vain”) +‎ -ιος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.tɔ̌ː.si.os/ → /eˈto.si.os/ → /eˈto.si.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.tɔ̌ː.si.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈto.si.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈto.si.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈto.si.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈto.si.os/

Adjective

ἐτώσῐος • (etṓsios) m or f (neuter ἐτώσῐον); second declension

1. to no purpose, fruitless
2. useless, unprofitable

Declension

Second declension of ἐτώσῐος; ἐτώσῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐτώσῐος etṓsios	ἐτώσῐον etṓsion		ἐτωσῐ́ω etōsíō	ἐτωσῐ́ω etōsíō		ἐτώσῐοι etṓsioi	ἐτώσῐᾰ etṓsia
Genitive		ἐτωσῐ́ου etōsíou	ἐτωσῐ́ου etōsíou		ἐτωσῐ́οιν etōsíoin	ἐτωσῐ́οιν etōsíoin		ἐτωσῐ́ων etōsíōn	ἐτωσῐ́ων etōsíōn
Dative		ἐτωσῐ́ῳ etōsíōi	ἐτωσῐ́ῳ etōsíōi		ἐτωσῐ́οιν etōsíoin	ἐτωσῐ́οιν etōsíoin		ἐτωσῐ́οις etōsíois	ἐτωσῐ́οις etōsíois
Accusative		ἐτώσῐον etṓsion	ἐτώσῐον etṓsion		ἐτωσῐ́ω etōsíō	ἐτωσῐ́ω etōsíō		ἐτωσῐ́ους etōsíous	ἐτώσῐᾰ etṓsia
Vocative		ἐτώσῐε etṓsie	ἐτώσῐον etṓsion		ἐτωσῐ́ω etōsíō	ἐτωσῐ́ω etōsíō		ἐτώσῐοι etṓsioi	ἐτώσῐᾰ etṓsia
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐτωσῐ́ως etōsíōs			ἐτωσῐώτερος etōsiṓteros			ἐτωσῐώτᾰτος etōsiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐτωσῐοεργός (etōsioergós)

Further reading

• “ἐτώσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐτώσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐτώσιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐτώσιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963