ἐτεός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Possibly cognate with Armenian ստոյգ (stoyg), from Proto-Indo-European *set- (“stable, true”) (Beekes, 2010).
However, compare Sanskrit सत्य (satya), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsatyás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁s-n̥t-yós, from *h₁sónts, from *h₁es- (“to be”), in addition to Albanian jetë.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.te.ós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.teˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.teˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.teˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.teˈos/
Adjective
ἐτεός • (eteós) m (feminine ἐτεᾱ́ or ἐτεή, neuter ἐτεόν); first/second declension
- in accordance with reality or one's feelings: true, genuine
- neuter accusative singular ἐτεόν (eteón) as adverb, often preceded by εἰ (ei): truly, in fact, rightly
- (in Aristophanes, interrogative) really?
- (in Democritus) feminine ἐτεή (eteḗ) as substantive: reality
- ἐτεῇ (eteêi): in reality
Usage notes
Not used in masculine.
Inflection
First and second declension of ἐτεός; ἐτεᾱ́; ἐτεόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἐτεός eteós | ἐτεᾱ́ eteā́ | ἐτεόν eteón | ἐτεώ eteṓ | ἐτεᾱ́ eteā́ | ἐτεώ eteṓ | ἐτεοί eteoí | ἐτεαί eteaí | ἐτεᾰ́ eteá | |||||
Genitive | ἐτεοῦ eteoû | ἐτεᾶς eteâs | ἐτεοῦ eteoû | ἐτεοῖν eteoîn | ἐτεαῖν eteaîn | ἐτεοῖν eteoîn | ἐτεῶν eteôn | ἐτεῶν eteôn | ἐτεῶν eteôn | |||||
Dative | ἐτεῷ eteôi | ἐτεᾷ eteâi | ἐτεῷ eteôi | ἐτεοῖν eteoîn | ἐτεαῖν eteaîn | ἐτεοῖν eteoîn | ἐτεοῖς eteoîs | ἐτεαῖς eteaîs | ἐτεοῖς eteoîs | |||||
Accusative | ἐτεόν eteón | ἐτεᾱ́ν eteā́n | ἐτεόν eteón | ἐτεώ eteṓ | ἐτεᾱ́ eteā́ | ἐτεώ eteṓ | ἐτεούς eteoús | ἐτεᾱ́ς eteā́s | ἐτεᾰ́ eteá | |||||
Vocative | ἐτεέ eteé | ἐτεᾱ́ eteā́ | ἐτεόν eteón | ἐτεώ eteṓ | ἐτεᾱ́ eteā́ | ἐτεώ eteṓ | ἐτεοί eteoí | ἐτεαί eteaí | ἐτεᾰ́ eteá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐτεῶς eteôs | ἐτεώτερος eteṓteros | ἐτεώτᾰτος eteṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἐτεοβουτάδης (Eteoboutádēs)
- Ἐτεοκλῆς (Eteoklês)
- Ἐτεόνικος (Eteónikos)
- ἐτήτυμος (etḗtumos)
- ἔτυμος (étumos)
References
- “ἐτεός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐτεός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐτεός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page ἐτεός of 474-475
- ἐτεός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963