ἔρευνα

See also: έρευνα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔρομαι (éromai). Akin to Old Norse raun (“trial, experience”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.reu̯.na/ → /ˈe.re.βna/ → /ˈe.re.vna/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.reu̯.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.rew.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.re.βna/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.re.vna/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.re.vna/

Noun

ἔρευνᾰ • (éreuna) f (genitive ἐρεύνης); first declension

1. an inquiry, a search
2. (medicine) an exploratory operation

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἔρευνᾰ; τῆς ἐρεύνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔρευνᾰ hē éreuna	τὼ ἐρεύνᾱ tṑ ereúnā	αἱ ἔρευναι hai éreunai
Genitive	τῆς ἐρεύνης tês ereúnēs	τοῖν ἐρεύναιν toîn ereúnain	τῶν ἐρευνῶν tôn ereunôn
Dative	τῇ ἐρεύνῃ têi ereúnēi	τοῖν ἐρεύναιν toîn ereúnain	ταῖς ἐρεύναις taîs ereúnais
Accusative	τὴν ἔρευνᾰν tḕn éreunan	τὼ ἐρεύνᾱ tṑ ereúnā	τᾱ̀ς ἐρεύνᾱς tā̀s ereúnās
Vocative	ἔρευνᾰ éreuna	ἐρεύνᾱ ereúnā	ἔρευναι éreunai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: έρευνα (érevna)

References

• “ἔρευνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔρευνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔρευνα 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.
  • examination idem, page 287.
  • inquiry idem, page 443.
  • investigation idem, page 457.
  • quest idem, page 665.
  • research idem, page 701.
  • review idem, page 710.
  • scrutiny idem, page 743.
  • search idem, page 746.