Ἐρεχθεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐρέχθω (erékhthō, “rend, break”) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἐρεχθεύς • (Erekhtheús) m (genitive Ἐρεχθέως); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Erechtheus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἐρεχθεύς; τοῦ Ἐρεχθέως (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἐρεχθεύς
ho Erekhtheús
Genitive τοῦ Ἐρεχθέως
toû Erekhthéōs
Dative τῷ Ἐρεχθεῖ
tōî Erekhtheî
Accusative τὸν Ἐρεχθέᾱ
tòn Erekhthéā
Vocative Ἐρεχθεῦ
Erekhtheû
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Ερεχθεύς (Erechthéfs)
  • → Latin: Erechtheus

References

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