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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. Beside this word, there is ἐντῡ́νω (entū́nō, “to equip, get ready”): as it recalls ἀρτῡ́νω (artū́nō), it may have been built after this verb. A basic noun *ἐντύς (*entús) could be assumed. Connection with ἄνῡμι (ánūmi, “to finish, conclude”) is impossible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /én.te.a/ → /ˈen.te.a/ → /ˈen.de.a/
Noun
ἔντεᾰ • (éntea) n pl (genitive ἐντέων); third declension
- armor, weapons, fighting gear
- chain mail, corslet
- furniture, appliances, tackle, instruments
Declension
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Further reading
- “ἔντεα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔντεα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἔντεα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἔντεα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔντεα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἔντεα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔντεα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 431