ἐριούνιος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἐριούνης (erioúnēs)
Etymology
Traditionally explained as ἐρι- (eri-) + the root of ὀνίνημι (onínēmi, “to help; to please”) + -ιος (-ios).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.ri.ǔː.ni.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.riˈu.ni.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.riˈu.ni.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.riˈu.ni.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.riˈu.ni.os/
Noun
ἐρῐούνῐος • (erĭoúnĭos) m (genitive ἐρῐουνίου); second declension
- epithet of Hermes of uncertain meaning; possibly “the helper”
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἐρῐούνῐος erĭoúnĭos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | ἐρῐουνῐ́οιο / ἐρῐουνῐ́οο / ἐρῐουνῐ́ου erĭounĭ́oio / erĭounĭ́oo / erĭounĭ́ou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | ἐρῐουνῐ́ῳ erĭounĭ́ōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | ἐρῐούνῐον erĭoúnĭon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐρῐούνῐε erĭoúnĭe | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐριούνης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐριούνιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐριούνιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἐριούνιος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἐριούνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐριούνιος in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn