εὑ

See also: ευ, εὐ-, εὖ, ἐΰ, and ἐύ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

εὗ (heû) — Homeric, Epic, strong form, not clitic

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /heu̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ew/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eβ/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ev/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ev/

Pronoun

εὑ • (heu)

Epic, Doric, and Ionic form of οὗ (hoû) (enclitic): "of him", "than him"; "of his"; "of his own"
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.165:
  ... ἐπεί ἑό [or εὑ] φημι βίῃ πολὺ φέρτερος εἶναι
  καὶ γενεῇ πρότερος
  ... epeí heó [or heu] phēmi bíēi polù phérteros eînai
  kaì geneēî próteros
  For I avow to be far better than him in might,
  and the elder in birth.