ἐρινεός

See also: Ἐρινεός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἐρῑνεώς (erīneṓs) — Attic

Etymology

Recalling Messenian τράγος (trágos, “wild fig-tree”) and Latin caprificus (“wild fig-tree”), Prellwitz compared an old word for "billy-goat", which is also found in ἔριφος (ériphos, “kid, young goat”). According to Chantraine and Schwyzer, however, the word is Pre-Greek. According to Blažek, it is Hurrian 𒄑𒂊𒊑𒅎𒁉 (^GIŠe-ri-im-bi /⁠erimbi⁠/), 𒄑𒂊𒊑𒁉 (^GIŠe-ri-bi /⁠eribi⁠/, “cedar”), suffixed from Akkadian 𒄑𒂞 (^GIŠERIN /⁠erēnu, erinnu⁠/, “cedar”), from Sumerian 𒄑𒂞 (^GIŠERIN /⁠eren⁠/).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.riː.ne.ós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.ri.neˈos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ri.neˈos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ri.neˈos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ri.neˈos/

Noun

ἐρῑνεός • (erīneós) m (genitive ἐρῑνεοῦ); second declension

wild fig-tree (Ficus carica)
Synonym: τρᾰ́γος (trắgos)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἐρῑνεός; τοῦ ἐρῑνεοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐρῑνεός ho erīneós	τὼ ἐρῑνεώ tṑ erīneṓ	οἱ ἐρῑνεοί hoi erīneoí
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρῑνεοῦ toû erīneoû	τοῖν ἐρῑνεοῖν toîn erīneoîn	τῶν ἐρῑνεῶν tôn erīneôn
Dative	τῷ ἐρῑνεῷ tōî erīneōî	τοῖν ἐρῑνεοῖν toîn erīneoîn	τοῖς ἐρῑνεοῖς toîs erīneoîs
Accusative	τὸν ἐρῑνεόν tòn erīneón	τὼ ἐρῑνεώ tṑ erīneṓ	τοὺς ἐρῑνεούς toùs erīneoús
Vocative	ἐρῑνεέ erīneé	ἐρῑνεώ erīneṓ	ἐρῑνεοί erīneoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἐρῑνᾰ́ζω (erīnắzō)
ἐρῑνᾰ́ς (erīnắs)
ἐρῑνᾰσμός (erīnăsmós)
ἐρῑνᾰστός (erīnăstós)
ἐρῑνεόν (erīneón)
ἐρῑνεώδης (erīneṓdēs)