Ἐρετριεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἐρέτρῐᾰ (Erétria, “Eretria”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, demonymic suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.re.tri.ěu̯s/ → /e.re.triˈeɸs/ → /e.re.triˈefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.re.tri.ěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.re.triˈews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.re.triˈeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.re.triˈefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.re.triˈefs/

Noun

Ἐρετρῐεύς • (Eretrieús) m (genitive Ἐρετρῐῶς); third declension

1. an inhabitant of Eretria; an Eretrian

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἐρετρῐεύς; τοῦ Ἐρετρῐέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἐρετρῐεύς ho Eretrieús	τὼ Ἐρετρῐῆ tṑ Eretriê	οἱ Ἐρετρῐῆς / Ἐρετρῐεῖς hoi Eretriês / Eretrieîs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἐρετρῐέως / Ἐρετρῐῶς toû Eretriéōs / Eretriôs	τοῖν Ἐρετρῐέοιν toîn Eretriéoin	τῶν Ἐρετρῐέων / Ἐρετρῐῶν tôn Eretriéōn / Eretriôn
Dative	τῷ Ἐρετρῐεῖ tôi Eretrieî	τοῖν Ἐρετρῐέοιν toîn Eretriéoin	τοῖς Ἐρετρῐεῦσῐ / Ἐρετρῐεῦσῐν toîs Eretrieûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Ἐρετρῐέᾱ / Ἐρετρῐᾶ tòn Eretriéā / Eretriâ	τὼ Ἐρετρῐῆ tṑ Eretriê	τοὺς Ἐρετρῐέᾱς / Ἐρετρῐᾶς toùs Eretriéās / Eretriâs
Vocative	Ἐρετρῐεῦ Eretrieû	Ἐρετρῐῆ Eretriê	Ἐρετρῐῆς / Ἐρετρῐεῖς Eretriês / Eretrieîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. The first form is uncontracted, the second contracted.

Descendants

• Greek: Ερετριεύς (Eretriéfs)

References

• “Ἐρετριεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010