Ἀτρείδης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Homeric Ἀτρεΐδης (Atreḯdēs), from Ἀτρεύς (Atreús, “Atreus”) + -ίδης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.trěː.dɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈtri.de̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈtri.ðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈtri.ðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈtri.ðis/
Proper noun
Ἀτρείδης • (Atreídēs) m (genitive Ἀτρείδου); first declension (Attic)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Ἀτρείδης ho Atreídēs |
τὼ Ἀτρείδᾱ tṑ Atreídā |
οἱ Ἀτρεῖδαι hoi Atreîdai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἀτρείδου toû Atreídou |
τοῖν Ἀτρείδαιν toîn Atreídain |
τῶν Ἀτρειδῶν tôn Atreidôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἀτρείδῃ tōî Atreídēi |
τοῖν Ἀτρείδαιν toîn Atreídain |
τοῖς Ἀτρείδαις toîs Atreídais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἀτρείδην tòn Atreídēn |
τὼ Ἀτρείδᾱ tṑ Atreídā |
τοὺς Ἀτρείδᾱς toùs Atreídās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἀτρείδη Atreídē |
Ἀτρείδᾱ Atreídā |
Ἀτρεῖδαι Atreîdai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “Ἀτρείδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἀτρείδης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἀτρείδης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Ἀτρείδης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003