ἔτης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἔτας (étas) – Doric
- ϝέτας (wétas) – Elean
Etymology
PIE word |
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*swé |
From Proto-Indo-European *swe-t-, from *swé. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *svatъ.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.tis/
Noun
ἔτης • (étēs) m (genitive ἔτου); first declension
- clansman
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer
- private person; citizen
Inflection
First declension of ὁ ἔτης; τοῦ ἔτου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἔτης ho étēs | τὼ ἔτᾱ tṑ étā | οἱ ἔται hoi étai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἔτου toû étou | τοῖν ἔταιν toîn étain | τῶν ἐτῶν tôn etôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἔτῃ tôi étēi | τοῖν ἔταιν toîn étain | τοῖς ἔταις toîs étais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἔτην tòn étēn | τὼ ἔτᾱ tṑ étā | τοὺς ἔτᾱς toùs étās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔτᾰ éta | ἔτᾱ étā | ἔται étai | ||||||||||
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References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἔτης”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 475
- “ἔτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press