εὐεργέτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • εὐϝεργέτᾱς (euwergétās) — Thessalian

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “well”) +‎ ἔργον (érgon, “work”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

εὐεργέτης • (euergétēs) m (genitive εὐεργέτου); first declension

  1. A benefactor, euergetist (sometimes as honorary title)
    Synonym: (female equivalent) εὐεργέτῐς (euergétĭs, “benefactress”)
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:εὐεργέτης.

Declension

First declension of ὁ εὐεργέτης; τοῦ εὐεργέτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ εὐεργέτης
ho euergétēs 		τὼ εὐεργέτᾱ
tṑ euergétā 		οἱ εὐεργέται
hoi euergétai
Genitive τοῦ εὐεργέτου
toû euergétou 		τοῖν εὐεργέταιν
toîn euergétain 		τῶν εὐεργετῶν
tôn euergetôn
Dative τῷ εὐεργέτῃ
tōî euergétēi 		τοῖν εὐεργέταιν
toîn euergétain 		τοῖς εὐεργέταις
toîs euergétais
Accusative τὸν εὐεργέτην
tòn euergétēn 		τὼ εὐεργέτᾱ
tṑ euergétā 		τοὺς εὐεργέτᾱς
toùs euergétās
Vocative εὐεργέτᾰ
euergétă 		εὐεργέτᾱ
euergétā 		εὐεργέται
euergétai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → French: évergète
  • Greek: ευεργέτης (evergétis)

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