ἐρεμνός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From earlier *ἐρεβνός (*erebnós), itself from Ἔρεβος (Érebos) + -νός (-nós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.rem.nós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.remˈnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.remˈnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.remˈnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.remˈnos/
Adjective
ἐρεμνός • (eremnós) m (feminine ἐρεμνή, neuter ἐρεμνόν); first/second declension
- murky, black, dark, obscure
Inflection
First and second declension of ἐρεμνός; ἐρεμνή; ἐρεμνόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἐρεμνός eremnós | ἐρεμνή eremnḗ | ἐρεμνόν eremnón | ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ | ἐρεμνᾱ́ eremnā́ | ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ | ἐρεμνοί eremnoí | ἐρεμναί eremnaí | ἐρεμνᾰ́ eremná | |||||
Genitive | ἐρεμνοῦ eremnoû | ἐρεμνῆς eremnês | ἐρεμνοῦ eremnoû | ἐρεμνοῖν eremnoîn | ἐρεμναῖν eremnaîn | ἐρεμνοῖν eremnoîn | ἐρεμνῶν eremnôn | ἐρεμνῶν eremnôn | ἐρεμνῶν eremnôn | |||||
Dative | ἐρεμνῷ eremnôi | ἐρεμνῇ eremnêi | ἐρεμνῷ eremnôi | ἐρεμνοῖν eremnoîn | ἐρεμναῖν eremnaîn | ἐρεμνοῖν eremnoîn | ἐρεμνοῖς eremnoîs | ἐρεμναῖς eremnaîs | ἐρεμνοῖς eremnoîs | |||||
Accusative | ἐρεμνόν eremnón | ἐρεμνήν eremnḗn | ἐρεμνόν eremnón | ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ | ἐρεμνᾱ́ eremnā́ | ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ | ἐρεμνούς eremnoús | ἐρεμνᾱ́ς eremnā́s | ἐρεμνᾰ́ eremná | |||||
Vocative | ἐρεμνέ eremné | ἐρεμνή eremnḗ | ἐρεμνόν eremnón | ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ | ἐρεμνᾱ́ eremnā́ | ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ | ἐρεμνοί eremnoí | ἐρεμναί eremnaí | ἐρεμνᾰ́ eremná | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐρεμνῶς eremnôs | ἐρεμνότερος eremnóteros | ἐρεμνότᾰτος eremnótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐρεμναῖος (eremnaîos)
Further reading
- “ἐρεμνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐρεμνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐρεμνός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐρεμνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐρεμνός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN