Εὐρώτας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps derived from εὐρώς (eurṓs, “mold”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Εὐρώτᾱς • (Eurṓtās) m (genitive Εὐρώτᾱ); first declension

  1. (mythological characters) Eurotas, a man in Greek mythology
  2. Evrotas (a river in Laconia, Greece, said to be named after the man)
  3. The external female genitalia.

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Εὐρώτᾱς; τοῦ Εὐρώτᾱ (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Εὐρώτᾱς
ho Eurṓtās
Genitive τοῦ Εὐρώτᾱ
toû Eurṓtā
Dative τῷ Εὐρώτᾳ
tōî Eurṓtāi
Accusative τὸν Εὐρώτᾱν
tòn Eurṓtān
Vocative Εὐρώτᾱ
Eurṓtā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Ευρώτας (Evrótas)
  • → Latin: Eurōtās
  • Georgian: ევროტასი (evroṭasi)
  • Italian: Eurota
  • Russian: Еврот (Jevrot), Эврот (Evrot)

Further reading

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