εὖνις
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /êu̯.nis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈew.nis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.βnis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.vnis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.vnis/
Etymology 1
From εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed, abode”).
Noun
εὖνῐς • (eûnĭs) f (genitive εὔνῐδος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ εὖνῐς hē eûnĭs |
τὼ εὔνῐδε tṑ eúnĭde |
αἱ εὔνῐδες hai eúnĭdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς εὔνῐδος tês eúnĭdos |
τοῖν εὐνῐ́δοιν toîn eunĭ́doin |
τῶν εὐνῐ́δων tôn eunĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ εὔνῐδῐ tēî eúnĭdĭ |
τοῖν εὐνῐ́δοιν toîn eunĭ́doin |
ταῖς εὔνῐσῐ / εὔνῐσῐν taîs eúnĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν εὔνῐδᾰ tḕn eúnĭdă |
τὼ εὔνῐδε tṑ eúnĭde |
τᾱ̀ς εὔνῐδᾰς tā̀s eúnĭdăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | εὖνῐς eûnĭs |
εὔνῐδε eúnĭde |
εὔνῐδες eúnĭdes | ||||||||||
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Etymology 2
Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to abandon”).
Noun
εὖνῐς • (eûnĭs) m or f (genitive εὔνῐδος or εὔνῐος); third declension
- one who is bereaved
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ, ἡ εὖνῐς ho, hē eûnĭs |
τὼ εὔνῐδε tṑ eúnĭde |
οἱ, αἱ εὔνῐδες hoi, hai eúnĭdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς εὔνῐδος toû, tês eúnĭdos |
τοῖν εὐνῐ́δοιν toîn eunĭ́doin |
τῶν εὐνῐ́δων tôn eunĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ, τῇ εὔνῐδῐ tōî, tēî eúnĭdĭ |
τοῖν εὐνῐ́δοιν toîn eunĭ́doin |
τοῖς, ταῖς εὔνῐσῐ / εὔνῐσῐν toîs, taîs eúnĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν, τὴν εὔνῐδᾰ tòn, tḕn eúnĭdă |
τὼ εὔνῐδε tṑ eúnĭde |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς εὔνῐδᾰς toùs, tā̀s eúnĭdăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | εὖνῐς eûnĭs |
εὔνῐδε eúnĭde |
εὔνῐδες eúnĭdes | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ, ἡ εὖνῐς ho, hē eûnĭs |
τὼ εὔνῐε tṑ eúnĭe |
οἱ, αἱ εὔνῐες hoi, hai eúnĭes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς εὔνῐος toû, tês eúnĭos |
τοῖν εὐνῐ́οιν toîn eunĭ́oin |
τῶν εὐνῐ́ων tôn eunĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ, τῇ εὔνῑ tōî, tēî eúnī |
τοῖν εὐνῐ́οιν toîn eunĭ́oin |
τοῖς, ταῖς εὔνῐσῐ / εὔνῐσῐν toîs, taîs eúnĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν, τὴν εὖνῐν tòn, tḕn eûnĭn |
τὼ εὔνῐε tṑ eúnĭe |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς εὔνῑς / εὔνῐᾰς toùs, tā̀s eúnīs / eúnĭăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | εὖνῐ eûnĭ |
εὔνῐε eúnĭe |
εὔνῐες eúnĭes | ||||||||||
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References
- “εὖνις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εὖνις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “εὖνις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- εὖνις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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