Εὐρυσθεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Thought to be a contraction of Εὐρυσθένης (Eurusthénēs), from εὐρύς (eurús, “wide, broad”) +‎ σθένος (sthénos, “strength, might, power”) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.rys.tʰěu̯s/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.rysˈtʰeʍs/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.βrysˈθeɸs/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.vrysˈθefs/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.vrisˈθefs/

Proper noun

Εὐρυσθεύς • (Eurustheús) m (genitive Εὐρυσθέως); third declension

(Greek mythology) Eurystheus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Εὐρυσθεύς; τοῦ Εὐρυσθέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Εὐρυσθεύς ho Eurustheús
Genitive	τοῦ Εὐρυσθέως toû Eurusthéōs
Dative	τῷ Εὐρυσθεῖ tôi Eurustheî
Accusative	τὸν Εὐρυσθέᾱ tòn Eurusthéā
Vocative	Εὐρυσθεῦ Eurustheû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Ευρυσθεύς (Evrysthéfs); Ευρυσθέας (Evrysthéas)
Latin: Eurystheus

References

Εὐρυσθεύς in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
Εὐρυσθεύς in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010

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