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ἐτεός
ἐτεός
Ancient Greek
Adjective
ἐτεός • (eteós) m (feminine ἐτεᾱ́ or ἐτεή, neuter ἐτεόν); first/second declension
- in accordance with reality or one's feelings: true, genuine
- neuter accusative singular ἐτεόν (eteón) as adverb, often preceded by εἰ (ei): truly, in fact, rightly
- (in Aristophanes, interrogative) really?
- (in Democritus) feminine ἐτεή (eteḗ) as substantive: reality
- ἐτεῇ (eteêi): in reality
Usage notes
Not used in masculine.
Inflection
Declension of ἐτεός; ἐτεᾱ́; ἐτεόν
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||
| Nominative | ἐτεός | ἐτεᾱ́ | ἐτεόν | ἐτεώ | ἐτεᾱ́ | ἐτεώ | ἐτεοί | ἐτεαί | ἐτεᾰ́ | ||||
| Genitive | ἐτεοῦ | ἐτεᾶς | ἐτεοῦ | ἐτεοῖν | ἐτεαῖν | ἐτεοῖν | ἐτεῶν | ἐτεῶν | ἐτεῶν | ||||
| Dative | ἐτεῷ | ἐτεᾷ | ἐτεῷ | ἐτεοῖν | ἐτεαῖν | ἐτεοῖν | ἐτεοῖς | ἐτεαῖς | ἐτεοῖς | ||||
| Accusative | ἐτεόν | ἐτεᾱ́ν | ἐτεόν | ἐτεώ | ἐτεᾱ́ | ἐτεώ | ἐτεούς | ἐτεᾱ́ς | ἐτεᾰ́ | ||||
| Vocative | ἐτεέ | ἐτεᾱ́ | ἐτεόν | ἐτεώ | ἐτεᾱ́ | ἐτεώ | ἐτεοί | ἐτεαί | ἐτεᾰ́ | ||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | ||||||||||
| ἐτεῶς | ἐτεώτερος | ἐτεώτᾰτος | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
References
- ἐτεός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐτεός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐτεός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «ἐτεός» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963