ἔφορος
See also: έφορος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
A contraction of the earlier, Homeric Greek ἐπίουρος (epíouros), from ἐπι- (epi-) + οὖρος (oûros).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.pʰo.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.pʰo.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.ɸo.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.fo.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.fo.ros/
Noun
ἔφορος • (éphoros) m (genitive ἐφόρου); second declension
- overseer, guardian, ruler
Declension
Second declension of ὁ ἔφορος; τοῦ ἐφόρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἔφορος ho éphoros | τὼ ἐφόρω tṑ ephórō | οἱ ἔφοροι hoi éphoroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐφόρου toû ephórou | τοῖν ἐφόροιν toîn ephóroin | τῶν ἐφόρων tôn ephórōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐφόρῳ tôi ephórōi | τοῖν ἐφόροιν toîn ephóroin | τοῖς ἐφόροις toîs ephórois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἔφορον tòn éphoron | τὼ ἐφόρω tṑ ephórō | τοὺς ἐφόρους toùs ephórous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔφορε éphore | ἐφόρω ephórō | ἔφοροι éphoroi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἔφοροι (éphoroi)
Descendants
- English: ephor
- Italian: eforo
- Spanish: eforo
References
- “ἔφορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔφορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔφορος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ephor idem, page 279.