Εὐρυσθεύς
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Thought to be a contraction of Εὐρυσθένης (Eurusthénēs), from εὐρύς (eurús, “wide, broad”) + σθένος (sthénos, “strength, might, power”) + -ης (-ēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.rys.tʰěu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ew.rysˈtʰews/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.βrysˈθeɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.vrysˈθefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.vrisˈθefs/
Proper noun
Εὐρυσθεύς • (Eurustheús) m (genitive Εὐρυσθέως); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Εὐρυσθεύς ho Eurustheús | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Εὐρυσθέως toû Eurusthéōs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Εὐρυσθεῖ tôi Eurustheî | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Εὐρυσθέᾱ tòn Eurusthéā | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Εὐρυσθεῦ Eurustheû | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ευρυσθεύς (Evrysthéfs); Ευρυσθέας (Evrysthéas)
- Latin: Eurystheus
References
- “Εὐρυσθεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- “Εὐρυσθεύς”, 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010