ἠώς

See also Ἠώς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄας (Boeotian)
• ἀβώρ (Doric)
• αὔως (Aeolic)
• ἀώς (Doric)
• ἕως (Attic)

Etymology

Wikipedia

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsṓs (“dawn”), which was also personified as a goddess of dawn in Proto-Indo-European religion, corresponding to Ancient Greek goddess Ἠώς (Ēōs) (Proto-Greek stem: *ᾱϝοσ- āwos-). Cognates include Latin Aurora/aurora, Sanskrit उषस् (uṣás, “dawn; Ushas”) and possibly Old English Ēostre and Old Armenian այգ (ayg), առաւաւտ (aṙawawt).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ɛ͜ɛ.ɔ͜ɔ́s/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /eːóːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /iós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /iós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /iós/

Noun

ἠώς (genitive ἠοῦς) f, third declension; (ēōs)

1. the morning red, daybreak, dawn
2. day
3. life
4. the East

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἠώς
Genitive	ἠοῦς
Dative	ἠοῖ
Accusative	ἠῶ, ἠοῦν
Vocative

References

• LSJ