ἔτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἔτας (étas) — Doric
  • ϝέτας (wétas) — Elean

Etymology

PIE word
*swé

From Proto-Indo-European *swet-, from *swé (“self”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *svatъ (“father of newlyweds”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔτης • (étēs) m (genitive ἔτου); first declension

  1. clansman
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer
  2. private person; citizen

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἔτης; τοῦ ἔτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἔτης
ho étēs 		τὼ ἔτᾱ
tṑ étā 		οἱ ἔται
hoi étai
Genitive τοῦ ἔτου
toû étou 		τοῖν ἔταιν
toîn étain 		τῶν ἐτῶν
tôn etôn
Dative τῷ ἔτῃ
tōî étēi 		τοῖν ἔταιν
toîn étain 		τοῖς ἔταις
toîs étais
Accusative τὸν ἔτην
tòn étēn 		τὼ ἔτᾱ
tṑ étā 		τοὺς ἔτᾱς
toùs étās
Vocative ἔτᾰ
étă 		ἔτᾱ
étā 		ἔται
étai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔτης”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 475

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