ἕνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”). Cognates include Latin senex, Sanskrit सन (sana), Old Armenian հին (hin) and Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 (sineigs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hé.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)e.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.nos/
Adjective
ἕνος • (hénos) m (feminine ἕνη, neuter ἕνον); first/second declension
- belonging to the former of two periods, last year's
Declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἕνος hénos |
ἕνη hénē |
ἕνον hénon |
ἕνω hénō |
ἕνᾱ hénā |
ἕνω hénō |
ἕνοι hénoi |
ἕναι hénai |
ἕνᾰ héna | |||||
Genitive | ἕνου hénou |
ἕνης hénēs |
ἕνου hénou |
ἕνοιν hénoin |
ἕναιν hénain |
ἕνοιν hénoin |
ἕνων hénōn |
ἕνων hénōn |
ἕνων hénōn | |||||
Dative | ἕνῳ hénōi |
ἕνῃ hénēi |
ἕνῳ hénōi |
ἕνοιν hénoin |
ἕναιν hénain |
ἕνοιν hénoin |
ἕνοις hénois |
ἕναις hénais |
ἕνοις hénois | |||||
Accusative | ἕνον hénon |
ἕνην hénēn |
ἕνον hénon |
ἕνω hénō |
ἕνᾱ hénā |
ἕνω hénō |
ἕνους hénous |
ἕνᾱς hénās |
ἕνᾰ héna | |||||
Vocative | ἕνε héne |
ἕνη hénē |
ἕνον hénon |
ἕνω hénō |
ἕνᾱ hénā |
ἕνω hénō |
ἕνοι hénoi |
ἕναι hénai |
ἕνᾰ héna | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἕνως hénōs |
ἑνώτερος henṓteros |
ἑνώτᾰτος henṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἕνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἕνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἕνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἕνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)