Εὔμαιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pre-Greek, proposals include:[1]

  • From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) +‎ μαίομαι (maíomai, “seek after, seek for”) +‎ -ος (-os).
  • From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) +‎ *μαῖος (*maîos, “foster father”) +‎ -ος (-os). Compare μαῖᾰ (maîă, “foster mother”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Εὔμαιος • (Eúmaios) m (genitive Εὐμαίου); second declension

  1. a male given name from Eumaeus
  2. (Greek mythology) the swineherd of Odysseus

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Εὔμαιος; τοῦ Εὐμαίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Εὔμαιος
ho Eúmaios
Genitive τοῦ Εὐμαίου
toû Eumaíou
Dative τῷ Εὐμαίῳ
tōî Eumaíōi
Accusative τὸν Εὔμαιον
tòn Eúmaion
Vocative Εὔμαιε
Eúmaie
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Εύμαιος (Évmaios)
  • → Latin: Eumaeus

References

  1. ^ Skempis, Marios (2010) “Kleine Leute” und große Helden in Homers Odyssee und Kallimachos’ Hekale, volume 274, Walter de Gruyter, page 86

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