Πρωτεύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /prɔː.těu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /proˈtews/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /proˈteɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /proˈtefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /proˈtefs/
Proper noun
Πρωτεύς • (Prōteús) m (genitive Πρωτέως); third declension
- Proteus
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Πρωτεύς; τοῦ Πρωτέως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Πρωτεύς ho Prōteús | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Πρωτέως toû Prōtéōs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Πρωτεῖ tôi Prōteî | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Πρωτέᾱ tòn Prōtéā | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Πρωτεῦ Prōteû | ||||||||||||
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Third declension of Πρωτεύς; Πρωτῆος (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | Πρωτεύς Prōteús | ||||||||||||
Genitive | Πρωτῆος / Πρωτέος Prōtêos / Prōtéos | ||||||||||||
Dative | Πρωτῆῐ̈ / Πρωτέῐ̈ Prōtêï / Prōtéï | ||||||||||||
Accusative | Πρωτῆᾰ / Πρωτέᾰ Prōtêa / Prōtéa | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Πρωτεῦ Prōteû | ||||||||||||
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Third declension of ὁ Πρωτεύς; τοῦ Πρωτέος (Ionic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Πρωτεύς ho Prōteús | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Πρωτέος toû Prōtéos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Πρωτέῐ̈ / Πρωτεῖ tôi Prōtéï / Prōteî | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Πρωτέᾰ tòn Prōtéa | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Πρωτεῦ Prōteû | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Πρωτεύς (Protéfs)
- Latin: Prōteus
References
- “Πρωτεύς”, 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 1,023
- Πρωτεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette