Σμινθεύς

Ancient Greek

From σμῐ́νθος (smĭ́nthos, “mouse”) +‎ -εύς (-eús). Or from Σμίνθη (Smínthē, “a town in the Troad”) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Σμινθεύς • (Smintheús)

Smintheus, epithet of Apollo
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.39
1. Sminthian or mouse-killer

Third declension of ὁ Σμῐνθεύς; τοῦ Σμῐνθέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σμῐνθεύς ho Smĭntheús
Genitive	τοῦ Σμῐνθέως toû Smĭnthéōs
Dative	τῷ Σμῐνθεῖ tōî Smĭntheî
Accusative	τὸν Σμῐνθέᾱ tòn Smĭnthéā
Vocative	Σμῐνθεῦ Smĭntheû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of Σμῐνθεύς; Σμῐνθῆος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Σμῐνθεύς Smĭntheús
Genitive	Σμῐνθῆος / Σμῐνθέος Smĭnthêos / Smĭnthéos
Dative	Σμῐνθῆῐ̈ / Σμῐνθέῐ̈ Smĭnthêĭ̈ / Smĭnthéĭ̈
Accusative	Σμῐνθῆᾰ / Σμῐνθέᾰ Smĭnthêă / Smĭnthéă
Vocative	Σμῐνθεῦ Smĭntheû
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

“Σμινθεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Σμινθεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Σμινθεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press