Εὐμενίς

Ancient Greek

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.me.nís/ → /eβ.meˈnis/ → /ev.meˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.me.nís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.meˈnis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eβ.meˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ev.meˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ev.meˈnis/

Proper noun

Εὐμενίς • (Eumenís) f (genitive Εὐμενίδος); third declension

1. one of the Eumenides; a Eumenis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Εὐμενῐ́ς; τῆς Εὐμενῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Εὐμενῐ́ς hē Eumenĭ́s	τὼ Εὐμενῐ́δε tṑ Eumenĭ́de	αἱ Εὐμενῐ́δες hai Eumenĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς Εὐμενῐ́δος tês Eumenĭ́dos	τοῖν Εὐμενῐ́δοιν toîn Eumenĭ́doin	τῶν Εὐμενῐ́δων tôn Eumenĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ Εὐμενῐ́δῐ têi Eumenĭ́dĭ	τοῖν Εὐμενῐ́δοιν toîn Eumenĭ́doin	ταῖς Εὐμενῐ́σῐ / Εὐμενῐ́σῐν taîs Eumenĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν Εὐμενῐ́δᾰ tḕn Eumenĭ́dă	τὼ Εὐμενῐ́δε tṑ Eumenĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς Εὐμενῐ́δᾰς tā̀s Eumenĭ́dăs
Vocative	Εὐμενῐ́ς Eumenĭ́s	Εὐμενῐ́δε Eumenĭ́de	Εὐμενῐ́δες Eumenĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek:
  • Ευμενίς (Evmenís)
  • Ευμενίδα (Evmenída)
  • plural: Ευμενίδες (Evmenídes)
• → Latin: Eumenis (Eumenides)
  • → Italian: Eumenide
  • → Sicilian: Eumèniti

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011