ἐτώσιος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐτός (etós, “without reason, in vain”) + -ιος (-ios).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.tɔ̌ː.si.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈto.si.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈto.si.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈto.si.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈto.si.os/
Adjective
ἐτώσῐος • (etṓsĭos) m or f (neuter ἐτώσῐον); second declension
- to no purpose, fruitless
- useless, unprofitable
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἐτώσῐος etṓsĭos |
ἐτώσῐον etṓsĭon |
ἐτωσῐ́ω etōsĭ́ō |
ἐτωσῐ́ω etōsĭ́ō |
ἐτώσῐοι etṓsĭoi |
ἐτώσῐᾰ etṓsĭă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐτωσῐ́ου etōsĭ́ou |
ἐτωσῐ́ου etōsĭ́ou |
ἐτωσῐ́οιν etōsĭ́oin |
ἐτωσῐ́οιν etōsĭ́oin |
ἐτωσῐ́ων etōsĭ́ōn |
ἐτωσῐ́ων etōsĭ́ōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐτωσῐ́ῳ etōsĭ́ōi |
ἐτωσῐ́ῳ etōsĭ́ōi |
ἐτωσῐ́οιν etōsĭ́oin |
ἐτωσῐ́οιν etōsĭ́oin |
ἐτωσῐ́οις etōsĭ́ois |
ἐτωσῐ́οις etōsĭ́ois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἐτώσῐον etṓsĭon |
ἐτώσῐον etṓsĭon |
ἐτωσῐ́ω etōsĭ́ō |
ἐτωσῐ́ω etōsĭ́ō |
ἐτωσῐ́ους etōsĭ́ous |
ἐτώσῐᾰ etṓsĭă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἐτώσῐε etṓsĭe |
ἐτώσῐον etṓsĭon |
ἐτωσῐ́ω etōsĭ́ō |
ἐτωσῐ́ω etōsĭ́ō |
ἐτώσῐοι etṓsĭoi |
ἐτώσῐᾰ etṓsĭă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐτωσῐ́ως etōsĭ́ōs |
ἐτωσῐώτερος etōsĭṓteros |
ἐτωσῐώτᾰτος etōsĭṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐτωσῐοεργός (etōsĭoergós)
Further reading
- “ἐτώσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐτώσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐτώσιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐτώσιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963