Εὐκλείδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Εὐκλῆς (Euklês) +‎ -ίδης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.klěː.dɛːs/ → /eɸˈkli.ðis/ → /efˈkli.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.klěː.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ewˈkli.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸˈkli.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /efˈkli.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /efˈkli.ðis/

Proper noun

Εὐκλείδης • (Eukleídēs) m (genitive Εὐκλείδου); first declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Euclid
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Poetics 1458b
2. in particular, the mathematician Euclid

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Εὐκλείδης; τοῦ Εὐκλείδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Εὐκλείδης ho Eukleídēs
Genitive	τοῦ Εὐκλείδου toû Eukleídou
Dative	τῷ Εὐκλείδῃ tôi Eukleídēi
Accusative	τὸν Εὐκλείδην tòn Eukleídēn
Vocative	Εὐκλείδη Eukleídē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ευκλείδης (Efkleídis)
• → Hindi: उकलैदिस (uklaidis)
• → Latin: Euclides, Eucleides
  • → English: Eucleides, Euclid
  • → Spanish: Euclides
• → Russian: Евклид (Jevklid), Эвклид (Evklid)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010