εὐλαβής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὐ- (eu-, “well-”) + λαβεῖν (labeîn, “to take hold of”) + -ης (-ēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.la.bɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ew.laˈbe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.βlaˈβis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.vlaˈvis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.vlaˈvis/
Adjective
εὐλαβής • (eulabḗs) m or f (neuter εὐλαβές); third declension
- holding fast, clinging
- cautious
- reverent
- (hapax legomenon) easy to take hold of
- cautiously undertaken
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | εὐλαβής eulabḗs |
εὐλαβές eulabés |
εὐλαβεῖ eulabeî |
εὐλαβεῖ eulabeî |
εὐλαβεῖς eulabeîs |
εὐλαβῆ eulabê | ||||||||
| Genitive | εὐλαβοῦς eulaboûs |
εὐλαβοῦς eulaboûs |
εὐλαβοῖν eulaboîn |
εὐλαβοῖν eulaboîn |
εὐλαβῶν eulabôn |
εὐλαβῶν eulabôn | ||||||||
| Dative | εὐλαβεῖ eulabeî |
εὐλαβεῖ eulabeî |
εὐλαβοῖν eulaboîn |
εὐλαβοῖν eulaboîn |
εὐλαβέσῐ / εὐλαβέσῐν eulabésĭ(n) |
εὐλαβέσῐ / εὐλαβέσῐν eulabésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | εὐλαβῆ eulabê |
εὐλαβές eulabés |
εὐλαβεῖ eulabeî |
εὐλαβεῖ eulabeî |
εὐλαβεῖς eulabeîs |
εὐλαβῆ eulabê | ||||||||
| Vocative | εὐλαβές eulabés |
εὐλαβές eulabés |
εὐλαβεῖ eulabeî |
εὐλαβεῖ eulabeî |
εὐλαβεῖς eulabeîs |
εὐλαβῆ eulabê | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| εὐλαβῶς eulabôs |
εὐλαβέστερος eulabésteros |
εὐλαβέστᾰτος eulabéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- εὐλαβέομαι (eulabéomai)
References
- “εὐλαβής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press