Πρωτεύς
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /prɔː.těu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /proˈtews/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /proˈteɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /proˈtefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /proˈtefs/
Proper noun
Πρωτεύς • (Prōteús) m (genitive Πρωτέως); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | Πρωτεύς Prōteús | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | Πρωτῆος / Πρωτέος Prōtêos / Prōtéos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | Πρωτῆῐ̈ / Πρωτέῐ̈ Prōtêĭ̈ / Prōtéĭ̈ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | Πρωτῆᾰ / Πρωτέᾰ Prōtêă / Prōtéă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Πρωτεῦ Prōteû | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “Πρωτεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
- Πρωτεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette