Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be, exist”), and thus cognate with εἰμί (eimí, “to be”), οὐσία (ousía, “essence”), ἐτεός (eteós, “true”); yet another possibility is perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-, zero-grade form of *h₁esu- (“good”), from which ἐΰς (eǘs, “good”) and adverbial εὖ (eû, “well”).
ἐσθλός • (esthlós) m (feminine ἐσθλή, neuter ἐσθλόν); first/second declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἐσθλός esthlós |
ἐσθλή esthlḗ |
ἐσθλόν esthlón |
ἐσθλώ esthlṓ |
ἐσθλᾱ́ esthlā́ |
ἐσθλώ esthlṓ |
ἐσθλοί esthloí |
ἐσθλαί esthlaí |
ἐσθλᾰ́ esthlá | |||||
Genitive | ἐσθλοῦ esthloû |
ἐσθλῆς esthlês |
ἐσθλοῦ esthloû |
ἐσθλοῖν esthloîn |
ἐσθλαῖν esthlaîn |
ἐσθλοῖν esthloîn |
ἐσθλῶν esthlôn |
ἐσθλῶν esthlôn |
ἐσθλῶν esthlôn | |||||
Dative | ἐσθλῷ esthlôi |
ἐσθλῇ esthlêi |
ἐσθλῷ esthlôi |
ἐσθλοῖν esthloîn |
ἐσθλαῖν esthlaîn |
ἐσθλοῖν esthloîn |
ἐσθλοῖς esthloîs |
ἐσθλαῖς esthlaîs |
ἐσθλοῖς esthloîs | |||||
Accusative | ἐσθλόν esthlón |
ἐσθλήν esthlḗn |
ἐσθλόν esthlón |
ἐσθλώ esthlṓ |
ἐσθλᾱ́ esthlā́ |
ἐσθλώ esthlṓ |
ἐσθλούς esthloús |
ἐσθλᾱ́ς esthlā́s |
ἐσθλᾰ́ esthlá | |||||
Vocative | ἐσθλέ esthlé |
ἐσθλή esthlḗ |
ἐσθλόν esthlón |
ἐσθλώ esthlṓ |
ἐσθλᾱ́ esthlā́ |
ἐσθλώ esthlṓ |
ἐσθλοί esthloí |
ἐσθλαί esthlaí |
ἐσθλᾰ́ esthlá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐσθλῶς esthlôs |
ἐσθλότερος esthlóteros |
ἐσθλότᾰτος esthlótatos | ||||||||||||
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