Οἰνεύς

Οἰνεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἶνος (oînos, “wine”) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.něu̯s/ → /yˈneɸs/ → /iˈnefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.něu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /yˈnews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈneɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈnefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈnefs/

Proper noun

Οἰνεύς • (Oineús) m (genitive Οἰνέως); third declension

1. a male given name: Oeneus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Οἰνεύς; τοῦ Οἰνέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Οἰνεύς ho Oineús
Genitive	τοῦ Οἰνέως toû Oinéōs
Dative	τῷ Οἰνεῖ tôi Oineî
Accusative	τὸν Οἰνέᾱ tòn Oinéā
Vocative	Οἰνεῦ Oineû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Οινεύς (Oinéfs)
• Latin: Oeneus

References

• “Οἰνεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019
• Οἰνεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette