ἔτος

See also: έτος

Ancient Greek

From ϝέτος (wétos), from Proto-Hellenic *wétos, from Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”). Cognates include Latin vetus and Sanskrit वत्स (vatsá). See also Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi).^[1]

ἔτος • (étos) n (genitive ἔτεος or ἔτους); third declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔτος tò étos	τὼ ἔτει tṑ étei	τᾰ̀ ἔτη tà étē
Genitive	τοῦ ἔτους toû étous	τοῖν ἐτοῖν toîn etoîn	τῶν ἐτῶν tôn etôn
Dative	τῷ ἔτῃ / ἔτει tôi étēi / étei	τοῖν ἐτοῖν toîn etoîn	τοῖς ἔτεσῐ / ἔτεσῐν toîs étesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔτος tò étos	τὼ ἔτει tṑ étei	τᾰ̀ ἔτη tà étē
Vocative	ἔτος étos	ἔτει étei	ἔτη étē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Note the irregular singular dative.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἔτος étos	ἔτει / ἔτεε étei / étee	ἔτεᾰ étea
Genitive	ἔτεος / ἔτευς éteos / éteus	ἐτέοιν etéoin	ἐτέων etéōn
Dative	ἔτει / ἔτεῐ̈ étei / éteï	ἐτέοιν etéoin	ἔτεσῐ / ἔτεσῐν étesi(n)
Accusative	ἔτος étos	ἔτει / ἔτεε étei / étee	ἔτεᾰ étea
Vocative	ἔτος étos	ἔτει / ἔτεε étei / étee	ἔτεᾰ étea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

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