Γεραιστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡe.rai̯s.tós/ → /ʝe.rɛsˈtos/ → /ʝe.resˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡe.rai̯s.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡe.rɛsˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.rɛsˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.resˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝe.resˈtos/

Proper noun

Γεραιστός • (Geraistós) m (genitive Γεραιστοῦ); second declension

1. Geraestus, Euboea, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Γεραιστός; τῆς Γεραιστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Γεραιστός hē Geraistós
Genitive	τῆς Γεραιστοῦ tês Geraistoû
Dative	τῇ Γεραιστῷ têi Geraistôi
Accusative	τὴν Γεραιστόν tḕn Geraistón
Vocative	Γεραιστέ Geraisté
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Γεραίστιος (Geraístios)

Descendants

• Greek: Γεραιστός (Geraistós)
• Latin: Geraestus

References

• “Γεραιστός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Γεραιστός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011