αἶθος
See also: αἰθός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *áitʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-. Cognates include Latin aedes and Sanskrit एध m (édha), एधस् n (édhas).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /âi̯.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.θos/
Noun
αἶθος • (aîthos) m (genitive αἴθου); second declension
αἶθος • (aîthos) n (genitive αἴθεος or αἴθους); third declension
Inflection
Masculine declension:
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ αἶθος ho aîthos |
τὼ αἴθω tṑ aíthō |
οἱ αἶθοι hoi aîthoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ αἴθου toû aíthou |
τοῖν αἴθοιν toîn aíthoin |
τῶν αἴθων tôn aíthōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ αἴθῳ tōî aíthōi |
τοῖν αἴθοιν toîn aíthoin |
τοῖς αἴθοις toîs aíthois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν αἶθον tòn aîthon |
τὼ αἴθω tṑ aíthō |
τοὺς αἴθους toùs aíthous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | αἶθε aîthe |
αἴθω aíthō |
αἶθοι aîthoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Neuter declension:
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ αἶθος tò aîthos |
τὼ αἴθει tṑ aíthei |
τᾰ̀ αἴθη tằ aíthē | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ αἴθους toû aíthous |
τοῖν αἰθοῖν toîn aithoîn |
τῶν αἰθῶν tôn aithôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ αἴθει tōî aíthei |
τοῖν αἰθοῖν toîn aithoîn |
τοῖς αἴθεσῐ / αἴθεσῐν toîs aíthesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ αἶθος tò aîthos |
τὼ αἴθει tṑ aíthei |
τᾰ̀ αἴθη tằ aíthē | ||||||||||
| Vocative | αἶθος aîthos |
αἴθει aíthei |
αἴθη aíthē | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | αἶθος aîthos |
αἴθει / αἴθεε aíthei / aíthee |
αἴθεᾰ aítheă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | αἴθεος / αἴθευς aítheos / aítheus |
αἰθέοιν aithéoin |
αἰθέων aithéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | αἴθει / αἴθεῐ̈ aíthei / aítheĭ̈ |
αἰθέοιν aithéoin |
αἴθεσῐ / αἴθεσῐν aíthesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | αἶθος aîthos |
αἴθει / αἴθεε aíthei / aíthee |
αἴθεᾰ aítheă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | αἶθος aîthos |
αἴθει / αἴθεε aíthei / aíthee |
αἴθεᾰ aítheă | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “αἶθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “αἶθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- αἶθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.