Ἀτρείδης
See also: Ἀτρεΐδης and Ἀτρεΐδῃς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ἀτρεΐδης (Atreḯdēs) – Homeric
- Ἀτρείδᾱς (Atreídās) – Doric
Etymology
From Homeric Ἀτρεΐδης (Atreḯdēs), from Ἀτρεύς (Atreús, “Atreus”) + -ίδης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.trěː.dɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈtri.de̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈtri.ðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈtri.ðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈtri.ðis/
Proper noun
Ἀτρείδης • (Atreídēs) m (genitive Ἀτρείδου); first declension (Attic)
- a child of Atreus, an Atreid
- (in particular) Agamemnon
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Ἀτρείδης; τοῦ Ἀτρείδου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἀτρείδης ho Atreídēs | τὼ Ἀτρείδᾱ tṑ Atreídā | οἱ Ἀτρεῖδαι hoi Atreîdai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἀτρείδου toû Atreídou | τοῖν Ἀτρείδαιν toîn Atreídain | τῶν Ἀτρειδῶν tôn Atreidôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἀτρείδῃ tôi Atreídēi | τοῖν Ἀτρείδαιν toîn Atreídain | τοῖς Ἀτρείδαις toîs Atreídais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἀτρείδην tòn Atreídēn | τὼ Ἀτρείδᾱ tṑ Atreídā | τοὺς Ἀτρείδᾱς toùs Atreídās | ||||||||||
Vocative | Ἀτρείδη Atreídē | Ἀτρείδᾱ Atreídā | Ἀτρεῖδαι Atreîdai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ατρείδης (Atreídis) (plural Ατρείδες (Atreídes))
- Latin: Atrīdēs (plural Atrīdae)
Further reading
- “Ἀτρείδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἀτρείδης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἀτρείδης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Ἀτρείδης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003