ἔρεβος

See also: Ἔρεβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷos (“darkness”). Cognate with Old Armenian երեկ (erek, “evening”), Sanskrit रज॑स् (rájas, “dimness; darkness; mist”) and Old Norse røkkr (“twilight”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.re.bos/ → /ˈe.re.βos/ → /ˈe.re.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.re.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.re.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.re.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.re.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.re.vos/

Noun

ἔρεβος • (érebos) n (genitive ἐρέβεος or ἐρέβους or ἐρέβευς or ἐρέβεσφῐ(ν) or ἐρέβευσφῐ(ν)); third declension

1. darkness; gloom

Declension

Third declension of τὸ ἔρεβος; τοῦ ἐρέβους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ ἔρεβος tò érebos
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρέβους toû erébous
Dative	τῷ ἐρέβει tōî erébei
Accusative	τὸ ἔρεβος tò érebos
Vocative	ἔρεβος érebos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἔρεβος; ἐρέβεος / ἐρέβευς / ἐρέβεσφῐ / ἐρέβεσφῐν / ἐρέβευσφῐ / ἐρέβευσφῐν (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἔρεβος érebos
Genitive	ἐρέβεος / ἐρέβευς / ἐρέβεσφῐ / ἐρέβεσφῐν / ἐρέβευσφῐ / ἐρέβευσφῐν erébeos / erébeus / erébesphĭ(n) / erébeusphĭ(n)
Dative	ἐρέβεῐ̈ / ἐρέβει erébeĭ̈ / erébei
Accusative	ἔρεβος érebos
Vocative	ἔρεβος érebos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of τὸ ἔρεβος; τοῦ ἐρέβεος / ἐρέβευς (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ ἔρεβος tò érebos
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρέβεος / ἐρέβευς toû erébeos / erébeus
Dative	τῷ ἐρέβεῐ̈ / ἐρέβει tōî erébeĭ̈ / erébei
Accusative	τὸ ἔρεβος tò érebos
Vocative	ἔρεβος érebos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἐρεβόθεν (erebóthen)
• Ἔρεβος (Érebos)
• ἔρεβόσδε (érebósde)

Further reading

• ἔρεβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette