ἐνεός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐννεός (enneós)

Etymology

The form is similar to κενεός (keneós), but has no clear etymology. Brugmann connects the word with εὖνις (eûnis), but this claim is refused by Kretschmer. Furnée compares νενός (nenós, “meek, silly”) and further νενίηλος (neníēlos), hinting at a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ne.ós/ → /e.neˈos/ → /e.neˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ne.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.neˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.neˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.neˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.neˈos/

Adjective

ἐνεός • (eneós) m (feminine ἐνεᾱ́, neuter ἐνεόν); first/second declension

1. dumb, mute, speechless

   Synonyms: ἄφωνος (áphōnos), κωφός (kōphós), μυνδός (mundós), μύρκος (múrkos)

2. senseless, stupid
3. useless (of things)
4. astonished, dumbfounded

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐνεός; ἐνεᾱ́; ἐνεόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐνεός eneós	ἐνεᾱ́ eneā́	ἐνεόν eneón		ἐνεώ eneṓ	ἐνεᾱ́ eneā́	ἐνεώ eneṓ		ἐνεοί eneoí	ἐνεαί eneaí	ἐνεᾰ́ eneá
Genitive		ἐνεοῦ eneoû	ἐνεᾶς eneâs	ἐνεοῦ eneoû		ἐνεοῖν eneoîn	ἐνεαῖν eneaîn	ἐνεοῖν eneoîn		ἐνεῶν eneôn	ἐνεῶν eneôn	ἐνεῶν eneôn
Dative		ἐνεῷ eneôi	ἐνεᾷ eneâi	ἐνεῷ eneôi		ἐνεοῖν eneoîn	ἐνεαῖν eneaîn	ἐνεοῖν eneoîn		ἐνεοῖς eneoîs	ἐνεαῖς eneaîs	ἐνεοῖς eneoîs
Accusative		ἐνεόν eneón	ἐνεᾱ́ν eneā́n	ἐνεόν eneón		ἐνεώ eneṓ	ἐνεᾱ́ eneā́	ἐνεώ eneṓ		ἐνεούς eneoús	ἐνεᾱ́ς eneā́s	ἐνεᾰ́ eneá
Vocative		ἐνεέ eneé	ἐνεᾱ́ eneā́	ἐνεόν eneón		ἐνεώ eneṓ	ἐνεᾱ́ eneā́	ἐνεώ eneṓ		ἐνεοί eneoí	ἐνεαί eneaí	ἐνεᾰ́ eneá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐνεῶς eneôs				ἐνεώτερος eneṓteros				ἐνεώτᾰτος eneṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐνεοστασία (eneostasía)
• ἐνεότης (eneótēs)
• ἐνεόφρων (eneóphrōn)

 

Further reading

• “ἐνεός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐνεός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐνεός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐνεός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 423-424