Εὔξεινος

See also: εὔξεινος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Εὔξενος (Eúxenos) — verse

Etymology

By ellipsis from εὔξεινος (“welcoming, friendly”) [πόντος (“sea”)].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ěu̯k.seː.nos/ → /ˈeɸk.si.nos/ → /ˈefk.si.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěu̯k.seː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈewk.si.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeɸk.si.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈefk.si.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈefk.si.nos/

Proper noun

Εὔξεινος • (Eúxeinos) m (genitive Εὐξείνου); second declension

1. Euxine Sea; Black Sea

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Εὔξεινος; τοῦ Εὐξείνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Εὔξεινος ho Eúxeinos
Genitive	τοῦ Εὐξείνου toû Euxeínou
Dative	τῷ Εὐξείνῳ tôi Euxeínōi
Accusative	τὸν Εὔξεινον tòn Eúxeinon
Vocative	Εὔξεινε Eúxeine
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Euxine
• Greek: Εύξεινος (Éfxeinos)
• Latin: Euxinus

Further reading

• “Εὔξεινος”, 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010