Πιτθεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pitʰ.tʰěu̯s/ → /pitˈθeɸs/ → /pitˈθefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pitʰ.tʰěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pitˈtʰews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pitˈθeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pitˈθefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pitˈθefs/

Proper noun

Πιτθεύς • (Pittheús) m (genitive Πιτθέως); third declension

1. Pittheus
2. An inhabitant of deme of Pittheus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Πῐτθεύς; τοῦ Πῐτθέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πῐτθεύς ho Pittheús
Genitive	τοῦ Πῐτθέως toû Pitthéōs
Dative	τῷ Πῐτθεῖ tôi Pittheî
Accusative	τὸν Πῐτθέᾱ tòn Pitthéā
Vocative	Πῐτθεῦ Pittheû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of Πῐτθεύς; Πῐτθῆος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Πῐτθεύς Pittheús
Genitive	Πῐτθῆος / Πῐτθέος Pitthêos / Pitthéos
Dative	Πῐτθῆῐ̈ / Πῐτθέῐ̈ Pitthêï / Pitthéï
Accusative	Πῐτθῆᾰ / Πῐτθέᾰ Pitthêa / Pitthéa
Vocative	Πῐτθεῦ Pittheû
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Πιτθεῖδαι (Pittheîdai)

Descendants

• Greek: Πιτθεύς (Pitthéfs)
• Latin: Pittheus

References

• “Πιτθεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022
• Πιτθεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette