ἠΐθεος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ᾔθεος (ḗitheos) – Attic
- ᾄθεος (ā́itheos) – Doric
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *ewítʰewos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂. Cognates include Sanskrit विधवा (vidhávā), Latin vidua and Old English widuwe (English widow).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛː.í.tʰe.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e̝ˈi.tʰe.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈi.θe.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈi.θe.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈi.θe.os/
Noun
ἠῐ̈́θεος • (ēḯtheos) m (genitive ἠῐ̈θέου); second declension
- unmarried young man, bachelor
- one who is unmarried
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἠΐθεος; τοῦ ἠϊθέου (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἠΐθεος ho ēḯtheos | τὼ ἠϊθέω tṑ ēïthéō | οἱ ἠΐθεοι hoi ēḯtheoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἠϊθέου toû ēïthéou | τοῖν ἠϊθέοιν toîn ēïthéoin | τῶν ἠϊθέων tôn ēïthéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἠϊθέῳ tôi ēïthéōi | τοῖν ἠϊθέοιν toîn ēïthéoin | τοῖς ἠϊθέοις toîs ēïthéois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἠΐθεον tòn ēḯtheon | τὼ ἠϊθέω tṑ ēïthéō | τοὺς ἠϊθέους toùs ēïthéous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἠΐθεε ēḯthee | ἠϊθέω ēïthéō | ἠΐθεοι ēḯtheoi | ||||||||||
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See also
- ἠϊθέη (ēïthéē, “unmarried young woman”)
- παρθένος (parthénos, “maid, virgin”)
Further reading
- “ἠΐθεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἠΐθεος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἠΐθεος 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