Ἔρεβος

See also: ἔρεβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the common name ἔρεβος, ‘the dark of the underworld’, itself from Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷos. Cognate with Old Armenian երեկ (erek, “evening”), Sanskrit रजस् (rájas, “dimness, darkness, mist”) and Old Norse røkkr (“twilight”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἔρεβος • (Érebos) n (genitive Ἐρέβους); third declension

  1. Erebus.
  2. Darkness; the personification of darkness in Greek mythology.

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ Ἔρεβος; τοῦ Ἐρέβους (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ Ἔρεβος
tò Érebos 		τὼ Ἐρέβει
tṑ Erébei 		τᾰ̀ Ἐρέβη
tằ Erébē
Genitive τοῦ Ἐρέβους
toû Erébous 		τοῖν Ἐρεβοῖν
toîn Ereboîn 		τῶν Ἐρεβῶν
tôn Erebôn
Dative τῷ Ἐρέβει
tōî Erébei 		τοῖν Ἐρεβοῖν
toîn Ereboîn 		τοῖς Ἐρέβεσῐ / Ἐρέβεσῐν
toîs Erébesĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ Ἔρεβος
tò Érebos 		τὼ Ἐρέβει
tṑ Erébei 		τᾰ̀ Ἐρέβη
tằ Erébē
Vocative Ἔρεβος
Érebos 		Ἐρέβει
Erébei 		Ἐρέβη
Erébē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Έρεβος (Érevos)
  • → English: Erebos
  • → Latin: Erebus

Further reading

  • “Ἔρεβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Ἔρεβος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010
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