Εὐρυσθεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Thought to be a contraction of Εὐρυσθένης (Eurusthénēs), from εὐρύς (eurús, “wide, broad”) +‎ σθένος (sthénos, “strength, might, power”) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.rys.tʰěu̯s/ → /e.βrysˈθeɸs/ → /e.vrisˈθefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.rys.tʰěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.rysˈtʰews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.βrysˈθeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.vrysˈθefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.vrisˈθefs/

Proper noun

Εὐρυσθεύς • (Eurustheús) m (genitive Εὐρυσθέως); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Eurystheus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Εὐρυσθεύς; τοῦ Εὐρυσθέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Εὐρυσθεύς ho Eurustheús
Genitive	τοῦ Εὐρυσθέως toû Eurusthéōs
Dative	τῷ Εὐρυσθεῖ tôi Eurustheî
Accusative	τὸν Εὐρυσθέᾱ tòn Eurusthéā
Vocative	Εὐρυσθεῦ Eurustheû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ευρυσθεύς (Evrysthéfs); Ευρυσθέας (Evrysthéas)
• Latin: Eurystheus

References

• “Εὐρυσθεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Εὐρυσθεύς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010