ἀποστολεύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓πόστολος (ăpóstolos) + -εύς (-eús).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pos.to.lěu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.pos.toˈleʍs/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.pos.toˈleɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.pos.toˈlefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.pos.toˈlefs/
Noun
ᾰ̓ποστολεύς • (ăpostoleús) m (genitive ᾰ̓ποστολέως); third declension
- One who dispatches, dispatcher
- (military) An Athenian magistrate who outfitted a squadron for service
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ᾰ̓ποστολεύς ho ăpostoleús |
τὼ ᾰ̓ποστολῆ tṑ ăpostolê |
οἱ ᾰ̓ποστολῆς / ᾰ̓ποστολεῖς hoi ăpostolês / ăpostoleîs | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓ποστολέως toû ăpostoléōs |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ποστολέοιν toîn ăpostoléoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓ποστολέων tôn ăpostoléōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓ποστολεῖ tōî ăpostoleî |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ποστολέοιν toîn ăpostoléoin |
τοῖς ᾰ̓ποστολεῦσῐ / ᾰ̓ποστολεῦσῐν toîs ăpostoleûsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ᾰ̓ποστολέᾱ tòn ăpostoléā |
τὼ ᾰ̓ποστολῆ tṑ ăpostolê |
τοὺς ᾰ̓ποστολέᾱς toùs ăpostoléās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓ποστολεῦ ăpostoleû |
ᾰ̓ποστολῆ ăpostolê |
ᾰ̓ποστολῆς / ᾰ̓ποστολεῖς ăpostolês / ăpostoleîs | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: αποστολέας (apostoléas)
Further reading
- “ἀποστολεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀποστολεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀποστολεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀποστολεύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)