Ἀτρεύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τρέω (tréō, “fear”). Compare Hittite [script needed] (Attaršiya).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.trěu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈtrews/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈtreɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈtrefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈtrefs/
Proper noun
Ἀτρεύς • (Atreús) m (genitive Ἀτρέως); third declension
- (Greek mythology) Atreus
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Ἀτρεύς; τοῦ Ἀτρέως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἀτρεύς ho Atreús | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἀτρέως toû Atréōs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἀτρεῖ tôi Atreî | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἀτρέᾱ tòn Atréā | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἀτρεῦ Atreû | ||||||||||||
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Third declension of Ἀτρεύς; Ἀτρῆος (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | Ἀτρεύς Atreús | ||||||||||||
Genitive | Ἀτρῆος / Ἀτρέος Atrêos / Atréos | ||||||||||||
Dative | Ἀτρῆῐ̈ / Ἀτρέῐ̈ Atrêï / Atréï | ||||||||||||
Accusative | Ἀτρῆᾰ / Ἀτρέᾰ Atrêa / Atréa | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἀτρεῦ Atreû | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἀτρείδης (Atreídēs)
Descendants
- Greek: Ατρεύς (Atréfs), Ατρέας (Atréas)
- Latin: Atreus
References
- “Ἀτρεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἀτρεύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “Ἀτρεύς”, 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 1,003