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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-t-, from *h₁reh₁- (“to row”). Compare also Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀩𐀲 (e-re-ta /eretās/).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ré.tɛːs/ → /eˈre.tis/ → /eˈre.tis/
Noun
ἐρέτης • (erétēs) m (genitive ἐρέτου); second declension
- (mostly in the plural) rowers
- (in the plural) oars
Declension
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References
Further reading
- “ἐρέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐρέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐρέτης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐρέτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐρέτης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963