Ἀτρείδης

See also: Ἀτρεΐδης and Ἀτρεΐδῃς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀτρεΐδης (Atreḯdēs) — Homeric
• Ἀτρείδᾱς (Atreídās) — Doric

Etymology

From Homeric Ἀτρεΐδης (Atreḯdēs), from Ἀτρεύς (Atreús, “Atreus”) +‎ -ίδης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.trěː.dɛːs/ → /aˈtri.ðis/ → /aˈtri.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.trěː.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈtri.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈtri.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈtri.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈtri.ðis/

Proper noun

Ἀτρείδης • (Atreídēs) m (genitive Ἀτρείδου); first declension (Attic)

1. a child of Atreus, an Atreid
   1. (in particular) Agamemnon

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀτρείδης; τοῦ Ἀτρείδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἀτρείδης ho Atreídēs	τὼ Ἀτρείδᾱ tṑ Atreídā	οἱ Ἀτρεῖδαι hoi Atreîdai
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀτρείδου toû Atreídou	τοῖν Ἀτρείδαιν toîn Atreídain	τῶν Ἀτρειδῶν tôn Atreidôn
Dative	τῷ Ἀτρείδῃ tôi Atreídēi	τοῖν Ἀτρείδαιν toîn Atreídain	τοῖς Ἀτρείδαις toîs Atreídais
Accusative	τὸν Ἀτρείδην tòn Atreídēn	τὼ Ἀτρείδᾱ tṑ Atreídā	τοὺς Ἀτρείδᾱς toùs Atreídās
Vocative	Ἀτρείδη Atreídē	Ἀτρείδᾱ Atreídā	Ἀτρεῖδαι Atreîdai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ατρείδης (Atreídis)
• → Dutch: Atreïde
• → English: Atreid
• → German: Atreide
• → Latin: Atrīdēs

Further reading

• “Ἀτρείδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἀτρείδης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀτρείδης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἀτρείδης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003