ἑός

See also: -εος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἱός (hiós) — Boeotian
• ὅς (hós)

Etymology

PIE word
*swé

From Proto-Hellenic *héwos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewo-, from *swé. Cognates include Latin suus. Compare ὅς (hós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.ós/ → /eˈos/ → /eˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)eˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈos/

Pronoun

ἑός • (heós)

1. (possessive) his/her own

Inflection

First and second declension of ἑός; ἑᾱ́; ἑόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἑός heós	ἑᾱ́ heā́	ἑόν heón		ἑώ heṓ	ἑᾱ́ heā́	ἑώ heṓ		ἑοί heoí	ἑαί heaí	ἑᾰ́ heá
Genitive		ἑοῦ heoû	ἑᾶς heâs	ἑοῦ heoû		ἑοῖν heoîn	ἑαῖν heaîn	ἑοῖν heoîn		ἑῶν heôn	ἑῶν heôn	ἑῶν heôn
Dative		ἑῷ / εἱῷ heôi / heiôi	ἑᾷ heâi	ἑῷ / εἱῷ heôi / heiôi		ἑοῖν heoîn	ἑαῖν heaîn	ἑοῖν heoîn		ἑοῖς heoîs	ἑαῖς heaîs	ἑοῖς heoîs
Accusative		ἑόν heón	ἑᾱ́ν heā́n	ἑόν heón		ἑώ heṓ	ἑᾱ́ heā́	ἑώ heṓ		ἑούς heoús	ἑᾱ́ς heā́s	ἑᾰ́ heá
Vocative		ἑέ heé	ἑᾱ́ heā́	ἑόν heón		ἑώ heṓ	ἑᾱ́ heā́	ἑώ heṓ		ἑοί heoí	ἑαί heaí	ἑᾰ́ heá
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of ἑός; ἑή; ἑόν (Epic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἑός heós	ἑή heḗ	ἑόν heón		ἑώ heṓ	ἑᾱ́ heā́	ἑώ heṓ		ἑοί heoí	ἑαί heaí	ἑᾰ́ heá
Genitive		ἑοῦ / ἑοῖο / ἑόο heoû / heoîo / heóo	ἑῆς heês	ἑοῦ / ἑοῖο / ἑόο heoû / heoîo / heóo		ἑοῖῐν heoîin	ἑαῖν / ἑαῖῐν / ἑῇῐν heaî(i)n / heêiin	ἑοῖῐν heoîin		ἑῶν heôn	ἑᾱ́ων / ἑέ͜ων / ἑῶν heā́ōn / heé͜ōn / heôn	ἑῶν heôn
Dative		ἑῷ / εἱῷ heôi / heiôi	ἑῇ heêi	ἑῷ heôi		ἑοῖῐν heoîin	ἑαῖν / ἑαῖῐν / ἑῇῐν heaî(i)n / heêiin	ἑοῖῐν heoîin		ἑοῖσῐ / ἑοῖσῐν / ἑοῖς heoîsi(n) / heoîs	ἑῇσῐ / ἑῇσῐν / ἑῇς / ἑαῖς heêisi(n) / heêis / heaîs	ἑοῖσῐ / ἑοῖσῐν / ἑοῖς heoîsi(n) / heoîs
Accusative		ἑόν heón	ἑήν heḗn	ἑόν heón		ἑώ heṓ	ἑᾱ́ heā́	ἑώ heṓ		ἑούς heoús	ἑᾱ́ς heā́s	ἑᾰ́ heá
Vocative		ἑέ heé	ἑή heḗ	ἑόν heón		ἑώ heṓ	ἑᾱ́ heā́	ἑώ heṓ		ἑοί heoí	ἑαί heaí	ἑᾰ́ heá
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

• “ἑός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἑός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἑός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἑός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἑός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἑός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter