ἔριθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

No etymology. Being in the same semantic field of δοῦλος (doûlos), Beekes does not dismiss a Pre-Greek, in view, also, of the suffix -ῑθ-.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔρῑθος • (érīthos) m or f (genitive ἐρῑ́θου); second declension

  1. day laborer, hired servant
  2. mower, reaper, sheaf-binder
  3. spinster, weaver, worker in wool
  4. (figuratively) servant, minister

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ ἔρῑθος; τοῦ, τῆς ἐρῑ́θου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ ἔρῑθος
ho, hē érīthos 		τὼ ἐρῑ́θω
tṑ erī́thō 		οἱ, αἱ ἔρῑθοι
hoi, hai érīthoi
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς ἐρῑ́θου
toû, tês erī́thou 		τοῖν ἐρῑ́θοιν
toîn erī́thoin 		τῶν ἐρῑ́θων
tôn erī́thōn
Dative τῷ, τῇ ἐρῑ́θῳ
tōî, tēî erī́thōi 		τοῖν ἐρῑ́θοιν
toîn erī́thoin 		τοῖς, ταῖς ἐρῑ́θοις
toîs, taîs erī́thois
Accusative τὸν, τὴν ἔρῑθον
tòn, tḕn érīthon 		τὼ ἐρῑ́θω
tṑ erī́thō 		τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ἐρῑ́θους
toùs, tā̀s erī́thous
Vocative ἔρῑθε
érīthe 		ἐρῑ́θω
erī́thō 		ἔρῑθοι
érīthoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἐρῑθᾰκῐ́ς (erīthăkĭ́s)
  • ἐρῑθείᾱ (erītheíā)
  • ἐρῑθεύομαι (erītheúomai)
  • ἐρῑθευτός (erītheutós)
  • σῠνέρῑθος (sŭnérīthos)
  • φῐλέρῑθος (phĭlérīthos)

Further reading

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