ἑρμηνεύς
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Most plausibly assumed from pre-Carian *armān preceding attested Carian 𐊠𐊥𐊪𐊫𐊵 (armon, “interpreter”).[1][2]
Older modern etymologies sometimes incorrectly connect it with εἴρω (eírō) (either sense), Latin sermō, folk etymology often connects it with Ἑρμῆς (Hermês)—influence of this word cannot be excluded.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /her.mɛː.něu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)er.me̝ˈnews/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /er.miˈneɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /er.miˈnefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /er.miˈnefs/
Noun edit
ἑρμηνεύς • (hermēneús) m (genitive ἑρμηνέως); third declension
- interpreter, dragoman, expounder
- Synonym: ἑρμηνευτής (hermēneutḗs)
- matchmaker
- broker, commissionaire
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἑρμηνεύς ho hermēneús |
τὼ ἑρμηνῆ tṑ hermēnê |
οἱ ἑρμηνῆς / ἑρμηνεῖς hoi hermēnês / hermēneîs | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἑρμηνέως toû hermēnéōs |
τοῖν ἑρμηνέοιν toîn hermēnéoin |
τῶν ἑρμηνέων tôn hermēnéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἑρμηνεῖ tôi hermēneî |
τοῖν ἑρμηνέοιν toîn hermēnéoin |
τοῖς ἑρμηνεῦσῐ / ἑρμηνεῦσῐν toîs hermēneûsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἑρμηνέᾱ tòn hermēnéā |
τὼ ἑρμηνῆ tṑ hermēnê |
τοὺς ἑρμηνέᾱς toùs hermēnéās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἑρμηνεῦ hermēneû |
ἑρμηνῆ hermēnê |
ἑρμηνῆς / ἑρμηνεῖς hermēnês / hermēneîs | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: hermeneutics
References edit
- ^ Simon, Zsolt (2019) “Zu den karisch-griechischen Lehnbeziehungen”, in Glotta[1], volume 95, page 295
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἑρμηνεύς”, 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, page 462, where according to his usual scheme, of Anatolian and hence Pre-Greek origin.
Further reading edit
- “ἑρμηνεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press