εὐθηνός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.tʰɛː.nós/ → /eɸ.θiˈnos/ → /ef.θiˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.tʰɛː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.tʰe̝ˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸ.θiˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ef.θiˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ef.θiˈnos/

Adjective

εὐθηνός • (euthēnós) m or f (neuter εὐθηνόν); second declension

1. thriving, flourishing
2. (Byzantine) cheap
3. (Byzantine) wasteful

Declension

Second declension of εὐθηνός; εὐθηνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		εὐθηνός euthēnós	εὐθηνόν euthēnón		εὐθηνώ euthēnṓ	εὐθηνώ euthēnṓ		εὐθηνοί euthēnoí	εὐθηνᾰ́ euthēná
Genitive		εὐθηνοῦ euthēnoû	εὐθηνοῦ euthēnoû		εὐθηνοῖν euthēnoîn	εὐθηνοῖν euthēnoîn		εὐθηνῶν euthēnôn	εὐθηνῶν euthēnôn
Dative		εὐθηνῷ euthēnôi	εὐθηνῷ euthēnôi		εὐθηνοῖν euthēnoîn	εὐθηνοῖν euthēnoîn		εὐθηνοῖς euthēnoîs	εὐθηνοῖς euthēnoîs
Accusative		εὐθηνόν euthēnón	εὐθηνόν euthēnón		εὐθηνώ euthēnṓ	εὐθηνώ euthēnṓ		εὐθηνούς euthēnoús	εὐθηνᾰ́ euthēná
Vocative		εὐθηνέ euthēné	εὐθηνόν euthēnón		εὐθηνώ euthēnṓ	εὐθηνώ euthēnṓ		εὐθηνοί euthēnoí	εὐθηνᾰ́ euthēná
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		εὐθηνῶς euthēnôs			εὐθηνότερος euthēnóteros			εὐθηνότᾰτος euthēnótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εὐθηνέω (euthēnéō)
• εὐθηνίᾱ (euthēníā)

Descendants

• Greek: φτηνός (ftinós)
  • → Romanian: ieftin
• → Bulgarian: е́втин (évtin)
• → Macedonian: евтин (evtin)
• → Serbo-Croatian: jȅftin

Further reading

• “εὐθηνός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “εὐθηνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• εὐθηνός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften