ἑρμηνεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pre-Greek.[1]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἑρμηνεύς • (hermēneús) m (genitive ἑρμηνέως); third declension

  1. interpreter, dragoman, expounder
  2. matchmaker
  3. broker, commissionaire

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ἑρμηνεύς; τοῦ ἑρμηνέως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἑρμηνεύς
ho hermēneús		 τὼ ἑρμηνῆ
tṑ hermēnê		 οἱ ἑρμηνῆς / ἑρμηνεῖς
hoi hermēnês / hermēneîs
Genitive τοῦ ἑρμηνέως
toû hermēnéōs		 τοῖν ἑρμηνέοιν
toîn hermēnéoin		 τῶν ἑρμηνέων
tôn hermēnéōn
Dative τῷ ἑρμηνεῖ
tôi hermēneî		 τοῖν ἑρμηνέοιν
toîn hermēnéoin		 τοῖς ἑρμηνεῦσῐ / ἑρμηνεῦσῐν
toîs hermēneûsi(n)
Accusative τὸν ἑρμηνέᾱ
tòn hermēnéā		 τὼ ἑρμηνῆ
tṑ hermēnê		 τοὺς ἑρμηνέᾱς
toùs hermēnéās
Vocative ἑρμηνεῦ
hermēneû		 ἑρμηνῆ
hermēnê		 ἑρμηνῆς / ἑρμηνεῖς
hermēnês / hermēneîs
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἑρμηνεύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 462

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