ἠΐθεος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾔθεος (ēítheos) — Attic
• ᾄθεος (āítheos) — Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ewítʰewos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂. Cognates include Sanskrit विधवा (vidhávā), Latin vidua and Old English widuwe (English widow).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.í.tʰe.os/ → /iˈi.θe.os/ → /iˈi.θe.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.í.tʰe.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝ˈi.tʰe.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈi.θe.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈi.θe.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈi.θe.os/

Noun

ἠῐ̈́θεος • (ēĭ̈́theos) m (genitive ἠῐ̈θέου); second declension

1. unmarried young man, bachelor
2. one who is unmarried

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἠΐθεος; τοῦ ἠϊθέου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἠΐθεος ho ēḯtheos	τὼ ἠϊθέω tṑ ēïthéō	οἱ ἠΐθεοι hoi ēḯtheoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἠϊθέου toû ēïthéou	τοῖν ἠϊθέοιν toîn ēïthéoin	τῶν ἠϊθέων tôn ēïthéōn
Dative	τῷ ἠϊθέῳ tōî ēïthéōi	τοῖν ἠϊθέοιν toîn ēïthéoin	τοῖς ἠϊθέοις toîs ēïthéois
Accusative	τὸν ἠΐθεον tòn ēḯtheon	τὼ ἠϊθέω tṑ ēïthéō	τοὺς ἠϊθέους toùs ēïthéous
Vocative	ἠΐθεε ēḯthee	ἠϊθέω ēïthéō	ἠΐθεοι ēḯtheoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See also

• ἠϊθέη (ēïthéē, “unmarried young woman”)
• παρθένος (parthénos, “maid, virgin”)

Further reading

• “ἠΐθεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἠΐθεος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἠΐθεος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἠΐθεος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 512