Εὐρώτας

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.rɔ̌ː.taːs/ → /eˈβro.tas/ → /eˈvro.tas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.rɔ̌ː.taːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ewˈro.tas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈβro.tas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈvro.tas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈvro.tas/

Proper noun

Εὐρώτᾱς • (Eurṓtās) m (genitive Εὐρώτᾱ); first declension

1. Eurotas, a man in Greek mythology
2. Evrotas, a river said to be named after the man
3. Vagina.

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Εὐρώτᾱς; τοῦ Εὐρώτᾱ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Εὐρώτᾱς ho Eurṓtās
Genitive	τοῦ Εὐρώτᾱ toû Eurṓtā
Dative	τῷ Εὐρώτᾳ tôi Eurṓtāi
Accusative	τὸν Εὐρώτᾱν tòn Eurṓtān
Vocative	Εὐρώτᾱ Eurṓtā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ευρώτας (Evrótas)
• → Latin: Eurōtās

Further reading

• “Εὐρώτας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Εὐρώτας”, 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