Ἐμμαοῦς

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἐμμαοῦς • (Emmaoûs) f (genitive Ἐμμαοῦντος); third declension

  1. Emmaus, a town in Judea
    • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 24:13:
      Καὶ ἰδοὺ δύο ἐξ αὐτῶν ἦσαν πορευόμενοι ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ εἰς κώμην ἀπέχουσαν σταδίους ἑξήκοντα ἀπὸ Ἱερουσαλήμ, ᾗ ὄνομα Ἐμμαοῦς.
      Kaì idoù dúo ex autôn êsan poreuómenoi en autêi têi hēmérāi eis kṓmēn apékhousan stadíous hexḗkonta apò Hierousalḗm, hêi ónoma Emmaoûs.
      And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. (KJV)

Usage notes

The variant Ἐμμαοῦς (Emmaoûs) is found in earlier manuscripts and is considered to more likely be the authentic version.

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Ἐμμαοῦς; τῆς Ἐμμαοῦντος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἐμμαοῦς
hē Emmaoûs
Genitive τῆς Ἐμμαοῦντος
tês Emmaoûntos
Dative τῇ Ἐμμαοῦντῐ
têi Emmaoûnti
Accusative τὴν Ἐμμαοῦντᾰ
tḕn Emmaoûnta
Vocative Ἐμμαοῦν
Emmaoûn
Notes:

Descendants

  • Greek: Εμμαούς (Emmaoús)
  • → Latin: Emmaūs

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