εἷς

See also: Appendix:Variations of "εις"

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek numbers (edit)
10
α’
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2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: εἷς (heîs)
    Ordinal: πρῶτος (prôtos)
    Adverbial: ᾰ̔́πᾰξ (hắpăx)
    Collective: μονᾰ́ς (monắs)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hens, *hmia, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗm, *smih₂.[2] Cognates include Sanskrit सकृत् (sakṛt) and Latin semper.

Pronunciation

 

Numeral

εἷς • (heîs) (ordinal πρῶτος, adverbial ᾰ̔́πᾰξ)

  1. one

Declension

Derived terms

  • δέκᾰ εἷς (dékă heîs)
  • δεκᾰείς (dekăeís)
  • εἷς κᾰθ’ εἷς (heîs kăth’ heîs)
  • εἷς κᾰθεῖς (heîs kătheîs)
  • ἑνόω (henóō)
  • κᾰθ’ εἷς (kăth’ heîs)
  • κᾰθεῖς (kătheîs)

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: ἕνας (hénas)

See also

References

  1. ^ Νέον ορθογραφικόν ερμηνευτικόν λεξικόν, Δημήτριος Δημητράκος, Athens 1957, page 484.
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “εἷς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 394

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