Ἐριχθόνιος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐρῐ- (erĭ-, “very”) + χθών (khthṓn, “earth”) + -ῐος (-ĭos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.rikʰ.tʰó.ni.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.rikʰˈtʰo.ni.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.rixˈθo.ni.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.rixˈθo.ni.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.rixˈθo.ni.os/
Proper noun
Ἐρῐχθόνῐος • (Erĭkhthónĭos) m (genitive Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ου); second declension
- Erichthonius
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Ἐρῐχθόνῐος ho Erĭkhthónĭos |
τὼ Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ω tṑ Erĭkhthonĭ́ō |
οἱ Ἐρῐχθόνῐοι hoi Erĭkhthónĭoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ου toû Erĭkhthonĭ́ou |
τοῖν Ἐρῐχθονῐ́οιν toîn Erĭkhthonĭ́oin |
τῶν Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ων tôn Erĭkhthonĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ῳ tōî Erĭkhthonĭ́ōi |
τοῖν Ἐρῐχθονῐ́οιν toîn Erĭkhthonĭ́oin |
τοῖς Ἐρῐχθονῐ́οις toîs Erĭkhthonĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἐρῐχθόνῐον tòn Erĭkhthónĭon |
τὼ Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ω tṑ Erĭkhthonĭ́ō |
τοὺς Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ους toùs Erĭkhthonĭ́ous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἐρῐχθόνῐε Erĭkhthónĭe |
Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ω Erĭkhthonĭ́ō |
Ἐρῐχθόνῐοι Erĭkhthónĭoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Εριχθόνιος (Erichthónios)
- Latin: Erichthonius
References
- “Ἐριχθόνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἐριχθόνιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- “Ἐριχθόνιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010