Ἐρατοσθένης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐρᾰτός (erătós, “lovely”) +‎ σθένος (sthénos, “strong”)

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἐρᾰτοσθένης • (Erătosthénēs) m (genitive Ἐρᾰτοσθένους); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Eratosthenes
    1. (in particular) the 3rd century BCE mathematician Eratosthenes

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Ἐρᾰτοσθένης; τοῦ Ἐρᾰτοσθένους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἐρᾰτοσθένης
ho Erătosthénēs
Genitive τοῦ Ἐρᾰτοσθένους
toû Erătosthénous
Dative τῷ Ἐρᾰτοσθένει
tōî Erătosthénei
Accusative τὸν Ἐρᾰτοσθένη
tòn Erătosthénē
Vocative Ἐρᾰτόσθενες
Erătósthenes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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