Σουνιεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Σούνῐον (Soúnĭon, “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 • (Sounĭeús) 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 Sounĭeús	τὼ Σουνῐῆ tṑ Sounĭê	οἱ Σουνῐῆς / Σουνῐεῖς hoi Sounĭês / Sounĭeîs
Genitive	τοῦ Σουνῐέως / Σουνῐῶς toû Sounĭéōs / Sounĭôs	τοῖν Σουνῐέοιν toîn Sounĭéoin	τῶν Σουνῐέων / Σουνῐῶν tôn Sounĭéōn / Sounĭôn
Dative	τῷ Σουνῐεῖ tôi Sounĭeî	τοῖν Σουνῐέοιν toîn Sounĭéoin	τοῖς Σουνῐεῦσῐ / Σουνῐεῦσῐν toîs Sounĭeûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν Σουνῐέᾱ / Σουνῐᾶ tòn Sounĭéā / Sounĭâ	τὼ Σουνῐῆ tṑ Sounĭê	τοὺς Σουνῐέᾱς / Σουνῐᾶς toùs Sounĭéās / Sounĭâs
Vocative	Σουνῐεῦ Sounĭeû	Σουνῐῆ Sounĭê	Σουνῐῆς / Σουνῐεῖς Sounĭês / Sounĭeîs
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 Sounĭeús	τὼ Σουνῐῆ tṑ Sounĭê	οἱ Σουνῐῆς / Σουνῐεῖς hoi Sounĭês / Sounĭeîs
Genitive	τοῦ Σουνῐέως / Σουνῐῶς toû Sounĭéōs / Sounĭôs	τοῖν Σουνῐοῖν toîn Sounĭoîn	τῶν Σουνῐέων / Σουνῐῶν tôn Sounĭéōn / Sounĭôn
Dative	τῷ Σουνῐεῖ tôi Sounĭeî	τοῖν Σουνῐοῖν toîn Sounĭoîn	τοῖς Σουνῐεῦσῐ / Σουνῐεῦσῐν toîs Sounĭeûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν Σουνῐέᾱ / Σουνῐᾶ tòn Sounĭéā / Sounĭâ	τὼ Σουνῐῆ tṑ Sounĭê	τοὺς Σουνῐέᾱς / Σουνῐᾶς toùs Sounĭéās / Sounĭâs
Vocative	Σουνῐεῦ Sounĭeû	Σουνῐῆ Sounĭê	Σουνῐῆς / Σουνῐεῖς Sounĭês / Sounĭeîs
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 (Sounĭăkós)

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