βαλανεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βᾰλᾰνεῖον (balaneîon, “bath”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ba.la.něu̯s/ → /βa.laˈneɸs/ → /va.laˈnefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ba.la.něu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ba.laˈnews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βa.laˈneɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /va.laˈnefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /va.laˈnefs/

Noun

βᾰλᾰνεύς • (balaneús) m (genitive βᾰλᾰνέως); third declension

1. bathman

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ βᾰλᾰνεύς; τοῦ βᾰλᾰνέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βᾰλᾰνεύς ho balaneús	τὼ βᾰλᾰνῆ tṑ balanê	οἱ βᾰλᾰνῆς / βᾰλᾰνεῖς hoi balanês / balaneîs
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰλᾰνέως toû balanéōs	τοῖν βᾰλᾰνέοιν toîn balanéoin	τῶν βᾰλᾰνέων tôn balanéōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰλᾰνεῖ tôi balaneî	τοῖν βᾰλᾰνέοιν toîn balanéoin	τοῖς βᾰλᾰνεῦσῐ / βᾰλᾰνεῦσῐν toîs balaneûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν βᾰλᾰνέᾱ tòn balanéā	τὼ βᾰλᾰνῆ tṑ balanê	τοὺς βᾰλᾰνέᾱς toùs balanéās
Vocative	βᾰλᾰνεῦ balaneû	βᾰλᾰνῆ balanê	βᾰλᾰνῆς / βᾰλᾰνεῖς balanês / balaneîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βαλανεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βαλανεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βαλανεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βαλανεύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)