ἔφορος

See also: έφορος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A contraction of the earlier, Homeric Greek ἐπίουρος (epíouros), from ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ οὖρος (oûros).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.pʰo.ros/ → /ˈe.ɸo.ros/ → /ˈe.fo.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.pʰo.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pʰo.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ɸo.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.fo.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.fo.ros/

Noun

ἔφορος • (éphoros) m (genitive ἐφόρου); second declension

1. overseer, guardian, ruler

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἔφορος; τοῦ ἐφόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔφορος ho éphoros	τὼ ἐφόρω tṑ ephórō	οἱ ἔφοροι hoi éphoroi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐφόρου toû ephórou	τοῖν ἐφόροιν toîn ephóroin	τῶν ἐφόρων tôn ephórōn
Dative	τῷ ἐφόρῳ tôi ephórōi	τοῖν ἐφόροιν toîn ephóroin	τοῖς ἐφόροις toîs ephórois
Accusative	τὸν ἔφορον tòn éphoron	τὼ ἐφόρω tṑ ephórō	τοὺς ἐφόρους toùs ephórous
Vocative	ἔφορε éphore	ἐφόρω ephórō	ἔφοροι éphoroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἔφοροι (éphoroi)

Descendants

• English: ephor
• Italian: eforo
• Spanish: eforo

References

• “ἔφορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔφορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔφορος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ephor idem, page 279.