ἔρευνα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἔρομαι (éromai). Akin to Old Norse raun (“trial, experience”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.reu̯.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.rew.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.re.βna/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.re.vna/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.re.vna/
Noun
ἔρευνᾰ • (éreună) f (genitive ἐρεύνης); first declension
- an inquiry, a search
- (medicine) an exploratory operation
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἔρευνᾰ hē éreună |
τὼ ἐρεύνᾱ tṑ ereúnā |
αἱ ἔρευναι hai éreunai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐρεύνης tês ereúnēs |
τοῖν ἐρεύναιν toîn ereúnain |
τῶν ἐρευνῶν tôn ereunôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐρεύνῃ tēî ereúnēi |
τοῖν ἐρεύναιν toîn ereúnain |
ταῖς ἐρεύναις taîs ereúnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἔρευνᾰν tḕn éreunăn |
τὼ ἐρεύνᾱ tṑ ereúnā |
τᾱ̀ς ἐρεύνᾱς tā̀s ereúnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἔρευνᾰ éreună |
ἐρεύνᾱ ereúnā |
ἔρευναι éreunai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: έρευνα (érevna)
References
- “ἔρευνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔρευνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔρευνα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- examination idem, page 287.
- inquiry idem, page 443.
- investigation idem, page 457.
- quest idem, page 665.
- research idem, page 701.
- review idem, page 710.
- scrutiny idem, page 743.
- search idem, page 746.