ἑρμηνεύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes the word is of Anatolian, and therefore possibly of Pre-Greek, origin. Older modern etymologies sometimes incorrectly connect it with εἴρω (eírō) (either sense), Latin sermō.[1] Folk etymology often connects it with Ἑρμῆς (Hermês).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /her.mɛː.něu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)er.me̝ˈnews/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /er.miˈneɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /er.miˈnefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /er.miˈnefs/
Noun
ἑρμηνεύς • (hermēneús) m (genitive ἑρμηνέως); third declension
- interpreter, dragoman, expounder
- Synonym: ἑρμηνευτής (hermēneutḗs)
- matchmaker
- broker, commissionaire
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ἑρμηνεύς; τοῦ ἑρμηνέως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἑρμηνεύς ho hermēneús | τὼ ἑρμηνῆ tṑ hermēnê | οἱ ἑρμηνῆς / ἑρμηνεῖς hoi hermēnês / hermēneîs | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἑρμηνέως toû hermēnéōs | τοῖν ἑρμηνέοιν toîn hermēnéoin | τῶν ἑρμηνέων tôn hermēnéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἑρμηνεῖ tôi hermēneî | τοῖν ἑρμηνέοιν toîn hermēnéoin | τοῖς ἑρμηνεῦσῐ / ἑρμηνεῦσῐν toîs hermēneûsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἑρμηνέᾱ tòn hermēnéā | τὼ ἑρμηνῆ tṑ hermēnê | τοὺς ἑρμηνέᾱς toùs hermēnéās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἑρμηνεῦ hermēneû | ἑρμηνῆ hermēnê | ἑρμηνῆς / ἑρμηνεῖς hermēnês / hermēneîs | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō)
- ἑρμηνείᾱ (hermēneíā)
Descendants
- English: hermeneutics
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἑρμηνεύς”, in 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 462
Further reading
- “ἑρμηνεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press