Εὔξεινος
See also: εὔξεινος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Εὔξενος (Eúxenos) (verse)
Etymology
By ellipsis from εὔξεινος (“welcoming, friendly”) [πόντος (“sea”)].
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ěu̯k.seː.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈewk.si.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈeɸk.si.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈefk.si.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈefk.si.nos/
Proper noun
Εὔξεινος • (Eúxeinos) m (genitive Εὐξείνου); second declension
- Euxine Sea; Black Sea
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Εὔξεινος; τοῦ Εὐξείνου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Εὔξεινος ho Eúxeinos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Εὐξείνου toû Euxeínou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Εὐξείνῳ tôi Euxeínōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Εὔξεινον tòn Eúxeinon | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Εὔξεινε Eúxeine | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: Euxine
- Greek: Εύξεινος (Éfxeinos)
- Latin: Euxinus
Further reading
- “Εὔξεινος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010