Ἔρεβος
See also: ἔρεβος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἔρεβος (érebos, “darkness”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷos. Cognate with Old Armenian երեկ (erek, “evening”), Sanskrit रजस् (rájas, “dimness, darkness, mist”) and Old Norse røkkr (“twilight”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.re.bos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.re.bos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.re.βos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.re.vos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.re.vos/
Proper noun
Ἔρεβος • (Érebos) n (genitive Ἐρέβεος or Ἐρέβους or Ἐρέβευς or Ἐρέβεσφῐ(ν) or Ἐρέβευσφῐ(ν)); third declension
Declension
Third declension of Ἔρεβος; Ἐρέβεος / Ἐρέβευς / Ἐρέβεσφῐ / Ἐρέβεσφῐν / Ἐρέβευσφῐ / Ἐρέβευσφῐν (Epic)
| 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: |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “Ἔρεβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἔρεβος”, 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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010