ὄνειρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from the root of ὄναρ (ónar) with a suffix *-yos. Cognate with Old Armenian անուրջ (anurǰ) and Albanian ëndërr.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὄνειρος • (óneiros) m (genitive ὀνείρου); second declension

  1. dream
    Synonym: ὄναρ (ónar)
  2. anything which is dreamlike, unreal, fleeting

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὄνειρος; τοῦ ὀνείρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὄνειρος
ho óneiros 		τὼ ὀνείρω
tṑ oneírō 		οἱ ὄνειροι
hoi óneiroi
Genitive τοῦ ὀνείρου
toû oneírou 		τοῖν ὀνείροιν
toîn oneíroin 		τῶν ὀνείρων
tôn oneírōn
Dative τῷ ὀνείρῳ
tōî oneírōi 		τοῖν ὀνείροιν
toîn oneíroin 		τοῖς ὀνείροις
toîs oneírois
Accusative τὸν ὄνειρον
tòn óneiron 		τὼ ὀνείρω
tṑ oneírō 		τοὺς ὀνείρους
toùs oneírous
Vocative ὄνειρε
óneire 		ὀνείρω
oneírō 		ὄνειροι
óneiroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: oneiro-
  • Greek: όνειρο (óneiro)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὄναρ (> VAR > ὄνειρος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1082

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