Πλαταιεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Πλᾰ́ταιᾰ (Plátaia), Πλᾰταιαί (Plataiaí, “Plataea”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, demonymic suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pla.tai̯.ěu̯s/ → /pla.tɛˈeɸs/ → /pla.teˈefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pla.tai̯.ěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pla.tɛˈews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pla.tɛˈeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pla.teˈefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pla.teˈefs/

Noun

Πλᾰταιεύς • (Plataieús) m (genitive Πλᾰταιέως); third declension

1. an inhabitant of Plataea; a Plataean

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Πλᾰταιεύς; τοῦ Πλᾰταιέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Πλᾰταιεύς ho Plataieús	τὼ Πλᾰταιῆ tṑ Plataiê	οἱ Πλᾰταιῆς / Πλᾰταιεῖς hoi Plataiês / Plataieîs
Genitive	τοῦ Πλᾰταιέως / Πλᾰταιῶς toû Plataiéōs / Plataiôs	τοῖν Πλᾰταιέοιν toîn Plataiéoin	τῶν Πλᾰταιέων / Πλᾰταιῶν tôn Plataiéōn / Plataiôn
Dative	τῷ Πλᾰταιεῖ tôi Plataieî	τοῖν Πλᾰταιέοιν toîn Plataiéoin	τοῖς Πλᾰταιεῦσῐ / Πλᾰταιεῦσῐν toîs Plataieûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Πλᾰταιέᾱ / Πλᾰταιᾶ tòn Plataiéā / Plataiâ	τὼ Πλᾰταιῆ tṑ Plataiê	τοὺς Πλᾰταιέᾱς / Πλᾰταιᾶς toùs Plataiéās / Plataiâs
Vocative	Πλᾰταιεῦ Plataieû	Πλᾰταιῆ Plataiê	Πλᾰταιῆς / Πλᾰταιεῖς Plataiês / Plataieîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. The first form is uncontracted, the second contracted.

Descendants

• Greek: Πλαταιεύς (Plataiéfs)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022
• Πλαταιεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette