Ἀγαμεμνονίδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ᾰ̓γᾰμέμνων (Ăgămémnōn) +‎ -ῐ́δης (-ĭ́dēs, patronymic suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.mem.no.ní.dɛːs/ → /a.ɣa.mem.noˈni.ðis/ → /a.ɣa.mem.noˈni.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.mem.no.ní.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.mem.noˈni.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣa.mem.noˈni.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣa.mem.noˈni.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣa.mem.noˈni.ðis/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓γᾰμεμνονῐ́δης • (Ăgămemnonĭ́dēs) m (genitive Ᾰ̓γᾰμεμνονῐ́δου); first declension

1. son of Agamemnon: that is, Orestes
   • c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.29–30:

     μνήσατο γὰρ κατὰ θῡμὸν ἀμῡ́μονος Αἰγίσθοιο,
     τόν ῥ’ Ἀγαμεμνονίδης τηλεκλυτὸς ἔκταν’ Ὀρέστης·

     mnḗsato gàr katà thūmòn amū́monos Aigísthoio,
     tón rh’ Agamemnonídēs tēleklutòs éktan’ Oréstēs;

     for [Zeus] recalled in his heart noble Aegisthus,
     whom far-famed Orestes, son of Agamemnon, had slain.

Inflection

First declension of Ᾰ̓γᾰμεμνονῐ́δης; Ᾰ̓γᾰμεμνονῐ́δᾱο / Ᾰ̓γᾰμεμνονῐ́δεω / Ᾰ̓γᾰμεμνονῐ́δω (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ᾰ̓γᾰμεμνονῐ́δης Ăgămemnonĭ́dēs
Genitive	Ᾰ̓γᾰμεμνονῐ́δᾱο / Ᾰ̓γᾰμεμνονῐ́δεω / Ᾰ̓γᾰμεμνονῐ́δω Ăgămemnonĭ́dāo / Ăgămemnonĭ́deō / Ăgămemnonĭ́dō
Dative	Ᾰ̓γᾰμεμνονῐ́δῃ Ăgămemnonĭ́dēi
Accusative	Ᾰ̓γᾰμεμνονῐ́δην Ăgămemnonĭ́dēn
Vocative	Ᾰ̓γᾰμεμνονῐ́δη Ăgămemnonĭ́dē
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

• “Ἀγαμεμνονίδης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Ἀγαμεμνονίδης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers