ἑρμηνεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The interpreter for Ancient Greek used this word. Folk etymologies often connected this word to Ἑρμῆς (Hermês).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /her.mɛː.něu̯s/ → /er.miˈneɸs/ → /er.miˈnefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /her.mɛː.něu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)er.me̝ˈnews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /er.miˈneɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /er.miˈnefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /er.miˈnefs/

Noun

ἑρμηνεύς • (hermēneús) m (genitive ἑρμηνέως); third declension

1. interpreter, dragoman, expounder
2. matchmaker
3. broker, commissionaire

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἑρμηνεύς; τοῦ ἑρμηνέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἑρμηνεύς ho hermēneús	τὼ ἑρμηνῆ tṑ hermēnê	οἱ ἑρμηνῆς / ἑρμηνεῖς hoi hermēnês / hermēneîs
Genitive	τοῦ ἑρμηνέως toû hermēnéōs	τοῖν ἑρμηνέοιν toîn hermēnéoin	τῶν ἑρμηνέων tôn hermēnéōn
Dative	τῷ ἑρμηνεῖ tôi hermēneî	τοῖν ἑρμηνέοιν toîn hermēnéoin	τοῖς ἑρμηνεῦσῐ / ἑρμηνεῦσῐν toîs hermēneûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἑρμηνέᾱ tòn hermēnéā	τὼ ἑρμηνῆ tṑ hermēnê	τοὺς ἑρμηνέᾱς toùs hermēnéās
Vocative	ἑρμηνεῦ hermēneû	ἑρμηνῆ hermēnê	ἑρμηνῆς / ἑρμηνεῖς hermēnês / hermēneîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō)
  • ἑρμηνείᾱ (hermēneíā)

Descendants

• English: hermeneutics

Further reading

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