ἔρεβος

See also: Ἔρεβος

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷos (“darkness”). Cognate with Old Armenian երեկ (erek, “evening”), Sanskrit रज॑स् (rájas, “dimness; darkness; mist”) and Old Norse røkkr (“twilight”).

ἔρεβος • (érebos) n (genitive ἐρέβεος or ἐρέβους or ἐρέβευς or ἐρέβεσφῐ(ν) or ἐρέβευσφῐ(ν)); third declension

Third declension of τὸ ἔρεβος; τοῦ ἐρέβους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ ἔρεβος tò érebos
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρέβους toû erébous
Dative	τῷ ἐρέβει tōî erébei
Accusative	τὸ ἔρεβος tò érebos
Vocative	ἔρεβος érebos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἔρεβος érebos
Genitive	ἐρέβεος / ἐρέβευς / ἐρέβεσφῐ / ἐρέβεσφῐν / ἐρέβευσφῐ / ἐρέβευσφῐν erébeos / erébeus / erébesphĭ(n) / erébeusphĭ(n)
Dative	ἐρέβεῐ̈ / ἐρέβει erébeĭ̈ / erébei
Accusative	ἔρεβος érebos
Vocative	ἔρεβος érebos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ ἔρεβος tò érebos
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρέβεος / ἐρέβευς toû erébeos / erébeus
Dative	τῷ ἐρέβεῐ̈ / ἐρέβει tōî erébeĭ̈ / erébei
Accusative	τὸ ἔρεβος tò érebos
Vocative	ἔρεβος érebos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.