γραῦς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *grāū́s, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-yéw-s, from *ǵerh₂- (“grow old”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γραῦς • (graûs) f (genitive γρᾱός); third declension

  1. an old woman

Inflection

Irregular declension of ἡ γραῦς; τῆς γρᾱός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ γραῦς
hē graûs 		τὼ γρᾶε
tṑ grâe 		αἱ γρᾶες
hai grâes
Genitive τῆς γρᾱός
tês grāós 		τοῖν γρᾱοῖν
toîn grāoîn 		τῶν γρᾱῶν
tôn grāôn
Dative τῇ γρᾱΐ
tēî grāḯ 		τοῖν γρᾱοῖν
toîn grāoîn 		ταῖς γραυσῐ́ / γραυσῐ́ν
taîs grausĭ́(n)
Accusative τὴν γραῦν
tḕn graûn 		τὼ γρᾶε
tṑ grâe 		τᾱ̀ς γραῦς
tā̀s graûs
Vocative γραῦ
graû 		γρᾶε
grâe 		γρᾶες
grâes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Coordinate terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γραῦς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285

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