Σουνιεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Σούνῐον (Soúnion, “Cape Sunium”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, demonymic suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /suː.ni.ěu̯s/ → /su.niˈeɸs/ → /su.niˈefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /suː.ni.ěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /su.niˈews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /su.niˈeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /su.niˈefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /su.niˈefs/

Noun

Σουνῐεύς • (Sounieús) m (genitive Σουνῐέως or Σουνῐῶς); third declension

1. an inhabitant of Cape Sunium

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Σουνῐεύς; τοῦ Σουνῐέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Σουνῐεύς ho Sounieús	τὼ Σουνῐῆ tṑ Souniê	οἱ Σουνῐῆς / Σουνῐεῖς hoi Souniês / Sounieîs
Genitive	τοῦ Σουνῐέως / Σουνῐῶς toû Souniéōs / Souniôs	τοῖν Σουνῐέοιν toîn Souniéoin	τῶν Σουνῐέων / Σουνῐῶν tôn Souniéōn / Souniôn
Dative	τῷ Σουνῐεῖ tôi Sounieî	τοῖν Σουνῐέοιν toîn Souniéoin	τοῖς Σουνῐεῦσῐ / Σουνῐεῦσῐν toîs Sounieûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Σουνῐέᾱ / Σουνῐᾶ tòn Souniéā / Souniâ	τὼ Σουνῐῆ tṑ Souniê	τοὺς Σουνῐέᾱς / Σουνῐᾶς toùs Souniéās / Souniâs
Vocative	Σουνῐεῦ Sounieû	Σουνῐῆ Souniê	Σουνῐῆς / Σουνῐεῖς Souniês / Sounieîs
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.

Third declension of ὁ Σουνῐεύς; τοῦ Σουνῐέως (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Σουνῐεύς ho Sounieús	τὼ Σουνῐῆ tṑ Souniê	οἱ Σουνῐῆς / Σουνῐεῖς hoi Souniês / Sounieîs
Genitive	τοῦ Σουνῐέως / Σουνῐῶς toû Souniéōs / Souniôs	τοῖν Σουνῐοῖν toîn Sounioîn	τῶν Σουνῐέων / Σουνῐῶν tôn Souniéōn / Souniôn
Dative	τῷ Σουνῐεῖ tôi Sounieî	τοῖν Σουνῐοῖν toîn Sounioîn	τοῖς Σουνῐεῦσῐ / Σουνῐεῦσῐν toîs Sounieûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Σουνῐέᾱ / Σουνῐᾶ tòn Souniéā / Souniâ	τὼ Σουνῐῆ tṑ Souniê	τοὺς Σουνῐέᾱς / Σουνῐᾶς toùs Souniéās / Souniâs
Vocative	Σουνῐεῦ Sounieû	Σουνῐῆ Souniê	Σουνῐῆς / Σουνῐεῖς Souniês / Sounieîs
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.

Related terms

• Σουνῐᾰκός (Souniakós)

Descendants

• Greek: Σουνιεύς (Souniéfs)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
• Σουνιεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette