ἕνος

See also: ἑνός and ενός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

PIE word
*sénos

From Proto-Hellenic *hénos, from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”). Cognates include Latin senex, Sanskrit सन (sana), Old Armenian հին (hin) and Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 (sineigs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hé.nos/ → /ˈe.nos/ → /ˈe.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hé.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.nos/

Adjective

ἕνος • (hénos) m (feminine ἕνη, neuter ἕνον); first/second declension

1. belonging to the former of two periods, last year's

Declension

First and second declension of ἕνος; ἕνη; ἕνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἕνος hénos	ἕνη hénē	ἕνον hénon		ἕνω hénō	ἕνᾱ hénā	ἕνω hénō		ἕνοι hénoi	ἕναι hénai	ἕνᾰ héna
Genitive		ἕνου hénou	ἕνης hénēs	ἕνου hénou		ἕνοιν hénoin	ἕναιν hénain	ἕνοιν hénoin		ἕνων hénōn	ἕνων hénōn	ἕνων hénōn
Dative		ἕνῳ hénōi	ἕνῃ hénēi	ἕνῳ hénōi		ἕνοιν hénoin	ἕναιν hénain	ἕνοιν hénoin		ἕνοις hénois	ἕναις hénais	ἕνοις hénois
Accusative		ἕνον hénon	ἕνην hénēn	ἕνον hénon		ἕνω hénō	ἕνᾱ hénā	ἕνω hénō		ἕνους hénous	ἕνᾱς hénās	ἕνᾰ héna
Vocative		ἕνε héne	ἕνη hénē	ἕνον hénon		ἕνω hénō	ἕνᾱ hénā	ἕνω hénō		ἕνοι hénoi	ἕναι hénai	ἕνᾰ héna
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἕνως hénōs				ἑνώτερος henṓteros				ἑνώτᾰτος henṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἕνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἕνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἕνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἕνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)