Ἰδομενεύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ῑ̓δομένη (Īdoménē) + -εύς (-eús).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /iː.do.me.něu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.do.meˈneʍs/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.ðo.meˈneɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.ðo.meˈnefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.ðo.meˈnefs/
Proper noun
Ῑ̓δομενεύς • (Īdomeneús) m (genitive Ῑ̓δομενέως); third declension
- a male given name, meaning "one from/of Idomene (Ῑ̓δομένη), a town of Emathia situated on the right bank of the river Axius
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Ἰδομενεύς ho Idomeneús | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἰδομενέως toû Idomenéōs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἰδομενεῖ tōî Idomeneî | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἰδομενέᾱ tòn Idomenéā | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἰδομενεῦ Idomeneû | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Ἰδομενεύς Idomeneús | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | Ἰδομενῆος / Ἰδομενέος Idomenêos / Idomenéos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | Ἰδομενῆῐ̈ / Ἰδομενέῐ̈ Idomenêĭ̈ / Idomenéĭ̈ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | Ἰδομενῆᾰ / Ἰδομενέᾰ Idomenêă / Idomenéă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἰδομενεῦ Idomeneû | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ιδομενεύς (Idomenéfs); Ιδομενέας (Idomenéas)
- → Latin: Īdomeneus
Further reading
- “Ἰδομενεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Ἰδομενεύς”, 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 1,013