ἔρεβος

See also: Ἔρεβος

Ancient Greek

From the common name Ἔρεβος, ‘the dark of the underworld’, itself from Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷos. Cognate with Old Armenian երեկ (erek, “evening”), Sanskrit रजस् (rájas, “dimness, darkness, mist”) and Old Norse røkkr (“twilight”).

ἔρεβος • (érebos) n (genitive ἐρέβους); third declension

Third declension of τὸ ἔρεβος; τοῦ ἐρέβους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔρεβος tò érebos	τὼ ἐρέβει tṑ erébei	τᾰ̀ ἐρέβη tằ erébē
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρέβους toû erébous	τοῖν ἐρεβοῖν toîn ereboîn	τῶν ἐρεβῶν tôn erebôn
Dative	τῷ ἐρέβει tōî erébei	τοῖν ἐρεβοῖν toîn ereboîn	τοῖς ἐρέβεσῐ / ἐρέβεσῐν toîs erébesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔρεβος tò érebos	τὼ ἐρέβει tṑ erébei	τᾰ̀ ἐρέβη tằ erébē
Vocative	ἔρεβος érebos	ἐρέβει erébei	ἐρέβη erébē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.