Εὐβοεύς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Εὐβοιεύς (Euboieús)

Etymology

Irregularly formed from Εὔβο(ιᾰ) (Eúbo(iă), “Euboea”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, suffix forming demonyms). The twelfth-century Etymologicum Magnum criticises the omission of the ι (i, “iota”), prescribing the form Εὐβοιεύς (Euboieús), whilst acknowledging that such omission is common in terms formed on iota-terminal stems suffixed with -εύς (-eús).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.bo.ěu̯s/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.boˈeʍs/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eβ.βoˈeɸs/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ev.voˈefs/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ev.voˈefs/

Noun

Εὐβοεύς • (Euboeús) m (genitive Εὐβοέως); third declension

an inhabitant of Euboea; a Euboean

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Εὐβοεύς; τοῦ Εὐβοέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Εὐβοεύς ho Euboeús	τὼ Εὐβοῆ tṑ Euboê	οἱ Εὐβοῆς / Εὐβοεῖς hoi Euboês / Euboeîs
Genitive	τοῦ Εὐβοέως / Εὐβοῶς toû Euboéōs / Euboôs	τοῖν Εὐβοέοιν toîn Euboéoin	τῶν Εὐβοέων / Εὐβοῶν tôn Euboéōn / Euboôn
Dative	τῷ Εὐβοεῖ tōî Euboeî	τοῖν Εὐβοέοιν toîn Euboéoin	τοῖς Εὐβοεῦσῐ / Εὐβοεῦσῐν toîs Euboeûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν Εὐβοέᾱ / Εὐβοᾶ tòn Euboéā / Euboâ	τὼ Εὐβοῆ tṑ Euboê	τοὺς Εὐβοέᾱς / Εὐβοᾶς toùs Euboéās / Euboâs
Vocative	Εὐβοεῦ Euboeû	Εὐβοῆ Euboê	Εὐβοῆς / Εὐβοεῖς Euboês / Euboeîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. The first form is uncontracted, the second contracted.

Third declension of ὁ Εὐβοεύς; τοῦ Εὐβοέος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Εὐβοεύς ho Euboeús	τὼ Εὐβοῆ tṑ Euboê	οἱ Εὐβοέες / Εὐβοεῖς hoi Euboées / Euboeîs
Genitive	τοῦ Εὐβοέος toû Euboéos	τοῖν Εὐβοέοιν toîn Euboéoin	τῶν Εὐβοέων tôn Euboéōn
Dative	τῷ Εὐβοέῐ̈ / Εὐβοεῖ tōî Euboéĭ̈ / Euboeî	τοῖν Εὐβοέοιν toîn Euboéoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν Εὐβοεῦσῐ / Εὐβοεῦσῐν toîsĭ(n) Euboeûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν Εὐβοέᾰ tòn Euboéă	τὼ Εὐβοῆ tṑ Euboê	τοὺς Εὐβοέᾰς toùs Euboéăs
Vocative	Εὐβοεῦ Euboeû	Εὐβοῆ Euboê	Εὐβοέες / Εὐβοεῖς Euboées / Euboeîs
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. The first form is uncontracted, the second contracted.

Descendants

Greek: Ευβοεύς (Evvoéfs) (formal); Ευβοέας (Evvoéas) (Standard Modern Greek)

References

^ Thomas Gaisford, editor (c. 1150), Etymologicon magnum; seu verius, Lexicon saepissime vocabulorum origines indagans, ex pluribus lexicis, scholiastis et grammaticis anonymi cujusdam opera concinnatum. (in Byzantine Greek), Oxonium: Typographeum Academicum, published 1848, s.v. Εὔβοια, column 389, lines 6–13:
Τὸ ἐθνικὸν, Εὐβοεὺς, καθ’ ὑφαίρεσιν τοῦ ι· τὰ γὰρ εἰς α λήγοντα φυλάττει τὴν παραλήγουσαν τοῦ πρωτοτύπου καὶ ἐν τοῖς εἰς ευς· οἷον Ἐλλοπία, Ἐλλοπιεύς· Ὀρθωσία, Ὀρθωσιεύς. Οὕτως καὶ Εὔβοια Εὐβοιεὺς ὤφειλεν εἶναι· οἱ δὲ λέγοντες τὸ Εὐβοεῖς καὶ Φωκαεῖς σὺν τῷ ι ἁμαρτάνουσιν. Ἕοικε δὲ τὰ πολλὰ τοῖς τοιούτοις τὸ ι ἀποβάλλειν, ὡς Νύσσα, Νυσσαεύς· Νίκαια, Νικαεύς.
Tò ethnikòn, Euboeùs, kath’ huphaíresin toû i; tà gàr eis a lḗgonta phuláttei tḕn paralḗgousan toû prōtotúpou kaì en toîs eis eus; hoîon Ellopía, Ellopieús; Orthōsía, Orthōsieús. Hoútōs kaì Eúboia Euboieùs ṓpheilen eînai; hoi dè légontes tò Euboeîs kaì Phōkaeîs sùn tōî i hamartánousin. Héoike dè tà pollà toîs toioútois tò i apobállein, hōs Nússa, Nussaeús; Níkaia, Nikaeús.
The demonym, Εὐβοεύς, [was formed] by omission of the ι; since the words terminating in -α preserve the penult of the root-word, likewise [should] the words in -ευς: as, for instance, Ἐλλοπία, Ἐλλοπιεύς; Ὀρθωσία, Ὀρθωσιεύς. Thus likewise ought Εὔβοια’s [demonym] to be Εὐβοιεύς; and those saying the words Εὐβοεῖς and Φωκαεῖς misspeak regarding the ι. But it seems likely that most words with such features drop the ι, as Νύσσα, Νυσσαεύς; Νίκαια, Νικαεύς.