Ἐριχθόνιος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐρῐ- (eri-, “very”) + χθών (khthṓn, “earth”) + -ῐος (-ios).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.rikʰ.tʰó.ni.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.rikʰˈtʰo.ni.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.rixˈθo.ni.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.rixˈθo.ni.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.rixˈθo.ni.os/
Proper noun
Ἐρῐχθόνῐος • (Erikhthónios) m (genitive Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Ἐρῐχθόνῐος ho Erikhthónios |
τὼ Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ω tṑ Erikhthoníō |
οἱ Ἐρῐχθόνῐοι hoi Erikhthónioi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ου toû Erikhthoníou |
τοῖν Ἐρῐχθονῐ́οιν toîn Erikhthoníoin |
τῶν Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ων tôn Erikhthoníōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ῳ tôi Erikhthoníōi |
τοῖν Ἐρῐχθονῐ́οιν toîn Erikhthoníoin |
τοῖς Ἐρῐχθονῐ́οις toîs Erikhthoníois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἐρῐχθόνῐον tòn Erikhthónion |
τὼ Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ω tṑ Erikhthoníō |
τοὺς Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ους toùs Erikhthoníous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἐρῐχθόνῐε Erikhthónie |
Ἐρῐχθονῐ́ω Erikhthoníō |
Ἐρῐχθόνῐοι Erikhthónioi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Εριχθόνιος (Erichthónios)
- Latin: Erichthonius
References
- “Ἐριχθόνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἐριχθόνιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- “Ἐριχθόνιος”, 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