Εὐμένης

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

εὖ (eû) +‎ μένος (ménos) +‎ -ης (-ēs)

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Εὐμένης • (Euménēs) m (genitive Εὐμένους); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Eumenes
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Εὐμένης; τοῦ Εὐμένους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Εὐμένης
ho Euménēs
Genitive τοῦ Εὐμένους
toû Euménous
Dative τῷ Εὐμένει
tōî Euménei
Accusative τὸν Εὐμένη
tòn Euménē
Vocative Εὔμενες
Eúmenes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants
  • → Latin: Eumenēs

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Persian *Haumanah.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Εὐμένης • (Euménēs) m (genitive Εὐμένους); third declension

  1. a male given name, Eumenes, from Old Persian
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Εὐμένης; τοῦ Εὐμένους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Εὐμένης
ho Euménēs
Genitive τοῦ Εὐμένους
toû Euménous
Dative τῷ Εὐμένει
tōî Euménei
Accusative τὸν Εὐμένη
tòn Euménē
Vocative Εὔμενες
Eúmenes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*haumanah”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 120
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.734. *Haumanā-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 199
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