ἔτυμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter substantive of ἔτῠμος (étumos, “true, real”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.ty.mon/ → /ˈe.ty.mon/ → /ˈe.ti.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.ty.mon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ty.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ty.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ty.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ti.mon/

Noun

ἔτῠμον • (étumon) n (genitive ἐτῠ́μου); second declension

1. the true sense or meaning of a word according to its origins and evolution, its etymology
   • 36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 1.11
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.278c
   • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 13.571d

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἔτῠμον; τοῦ ἐτῠ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔτῠμον tò étumon	τὼ ἐτῠ́μω tṑ etúmō	τᾰ̀ ἔτῠμᾰ tà étuma
Genitive	τοῦ ἐτῠ́μου toû etúmou	τοῖν ἐτῠ́μοιν toîn etúmoin	τῶν ἐτῠ́μων tôn etúmōn
Dative	τῷ ἐτῠ́μῳ tôi etúmōi	τοῖν ἐτῠ́μοιν toîn etúmoin	τοῖς ἐτῠ́μοις toîs etúmois
Accusative	τὸ ἔτῠμον tò étumon	τὼ ἐτῠ́μω tṑ etúmō	τᾰ̀ ἔτῠμᾰ tà étuma
Vocative	ἔτῠμον étumon	ἐτῠ́μω etúmō	ἔτῠμᾰ étuma
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Esperanto: etimo
• → English: etymon
• → French: étymon
• → Latin: etymon
• → Italian: etimo
• → Portuguese: étimo
• → Sicilian: ètimu
• → Spanish: étimo

Adjective

ἔτῠμον • (étumon)

1. masculine accusative singular of ἔτῠμος (étumos)
2. neuter nominative singular of ἔτῠμος (étumos)
3. neuter accusative singular of ἔτῠμος (étumos)
4. neuter vocative singular of ἔτῠμος (étumos)

Further reading

• “ἔτυμον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press