Ἐριχθόνιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐρῐ- (eri-, “very”) +‎ χθών (khthṓn, “earth”) +‎ -ῐος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.rikʰ.tʰó.ni.os/ → /e.rixˈθo.ni.os/ → /e.rixˈθo.ni.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rikʰ.tʰó.ni.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.rikʰˈtʰo.ni.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.rixˈθo.ni.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.rixˈθo.ni.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.rixˈθo.ni.os/

Proper noun

Ἐρῐχθόνῐος • (Erikhthónios) m (genitive Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ου); second declension

1. Erichthonius

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἐρῐχθόνῐος; τοῦ Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἐρῐχθόνῐος ho Erikhthónios	τὼ Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ω tṑ Erikhthoníō	οἱ Ἐρῐχθόνῐοι hoi Erikhthónioi
Genitive	τοῦ Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ου toû Erikhthoníou	τοῖν Ἐρῐχθονῐ́οιν toîn Erikhthoníoin	τῶν Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ων tôn Erikhthoníōn
Dative	τῷ Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ῳ tôi Erikhthoníōi	τοῖν Ἐρῐχθονῐ́οιν toîn Erikhthoníoin	τοῖς Ἐρῐχθονῐ́οις toîs Erikhthoníois
Accusative	τὸν Ἐρῐχθόνῐον tòn Erikhthónion	τὼ Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ω tṑ Erikhthoníō	τοὺς Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ους toùs Erikhthoníous
Vocative	Ἐρῐχθόνῐε Erikhthónie	Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ω Erikhthoníō	Ἐρῐχθόνῐοι Erikhthónioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Εριχθόνιος (Erichthónios)
• Latin: Erichthonius

References

• “Ἐριχθόνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἐριχθόνιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Ἐριχθόνιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010