εὖνις

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /êu̯.nis/ → /ˈe.βnis/ → /ˈe.vnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /êu̯.nis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈew.nis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.βnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vnis/

Etymology 1

From εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed, abode”).

Noun

εὖνῐς • (eûnis) f (genitive εὔνῐδος); third declension

1. bedfellow, wife

Declension

Third declension of ἡ εὖνῐς; τῆς εὔνῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εὖνῐς hē eûnis	τὼ εὔνῐδε tṑ eúnide	αἱ εὔνῐδες hai eúnides
Genitive	τῆς εὔνῐδος tês eúnidos	τοῖν εὐνῐ́δοιν toîn eunídoin	τῶν εὐνῐ́δων tôn eunídōn
Dative	τῇ εὔνῐδῐ têi eúnidi	τοῖν εὐνῐ́δοιν toîn eunídoin	ταῖς εὔνῐσῐ / εὔνῐσῐν taîs eúnisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν εὔνῐδᾰ tḕn eúnida	τὼ εὔνῐδε tṑ eúnide	τᾱ̀ς εὔνῐδᾰς tā̀s eúnidas
Vocative	εὖνῐς eûnis	εὔνῐδε eúnide	εὔνῐδες eúnides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Etymology 2

Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to abandon”).

Noun

εὖνῐς • (eûnis) m or f (genitive εὔνῐδος or εὔνῐος); third declension

1. one who is bereaved

Declension

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ εὖνῐς; τοῦ, τῆς εὔνῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ εὖνῐς ho, hē eûnis	τὼ εὔνῐδε tṑ eúnide	οἱ, αἱ εὔνῐδες hoi, hai eúnides
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς εὔνῐδος toû, tês eúnidos	τοῖν εὐνῐ́δοιν toîn eunídoin	τῶν εὐνῐ́δων tôn eunídōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ εὔνῐδῐ tôi, têi eúnidi	τοῖν εὐνῐ́δοιν toîn eunídoin	τοῖς, ταῖς εὔνῐσῐ / εὔνῐσῐν toîs, taîs eúnisi(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν εὔνῐδᾰ tòn, tḕn eúnida	τὼ εὔνῐδε tṑ eúnide	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς εὔνῐδᾰς toùs, tā̀s eúnidas
Vocative	εὖνῐς eûnis	εὔνῐδε eúnide	εὔνῐδες eúnides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ εὖνῐς; τοῦ, τῆς εὔνῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ εὖνῐς ho, hē eûnis	τὼ εὔνῐε tṑ eúnie	οἱ, αἱ εὔνῐες hoi, hai eúnies
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς εὔνῐος toû, tês eúnios	τοῖν εὐνῐ́οιν toîn euníoin	τῶν εὐνῐ́ων tôn euníōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ εὔνῑ tôi, têi eúnī	τοῖν εὐνῐ́οιν toîn euníoin	τοῖς, ταῖς εὔνῐσῐ / εὔνῐσῐν toîs, taîs eúnisi(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν εὖνῐν tòn, tḕn eûnin	τὼ εὔνῐε tṑ eúnie	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς εὔνῑς / εὔνῐᾰς toùs, tā̀s eúnīs / eúnias
Vocative	εὖνῐ eûni	εὔνῐε eúnie	εὔνῐες eúnies
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “εὖνις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εὖνις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “εὖνις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• εὖνις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εὖνις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bedfellow idem, page 69.
  • consort idem, page 164.
  • orphaned idem, page 580.
  • spouse idem, page 805.
  • wife idem, page 978.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN