Εὐμένης
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Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
εὖ (eû) + μένος (ménos) + -ης (-ēs)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.mé.nɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ewˈme.ne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eβˈme.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /evˈme.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /evˈme.nis/
Proper noun
Εὐμένης • (Euménēs) m (genitive Εὐμένους); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Eumenes
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Εὐμένης ho Euménēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Εὐμένους toû Euménous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Εὐμένει tôi Euménei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Εὐμένη tòn Euménē | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Εὔμενες Eúmenes | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Eumenēs
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Persian *Haumanah.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.mé.nɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ewˈme.ne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eβˈme.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /evˈme.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /evˈme.nis/
Proper noun
Εὐμένης • (Euménēs) m (genitive Εὐμένους); third declension
- a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Eumenes: Eumenes
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Εὐμένης ho Euménēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Εὐμένους toû Euménous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Εὐμένει tôi Euménei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Εὐμένη tòn Euménē | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Εὔμενες Eúmenes | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Descendants
- → Latin: Eumenēs
References
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*haumanah”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 120
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.734. *Haumanā-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 199