βαλανεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βᾰλᾰνεῖον (bălăneîon, “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 • (bălăneús) m (genitive βᾰλᾰνέως); third declension

1. bathman

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ βᾰλᾰνεύς; τοῦ βᾰλᾰνέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βᾰλᾰνεύς ho bălăneús	τὼ βᾰλᾰνῆ tṑ bălănê	οἱ βᾰλᾰνῆς / βᾰλᾰνεῖς hoi bălănês / bălăneîs
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰλᾰνέως toû bălănéōs	τοῖν βᾰλᾰνέοιν toîn bălănéoin	τῶν βᾰλᾰνέων tôn bălănéōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰλᾰνεῖ tôi bălăneî	τοῖν βᾰλᾰνέοιν toîn bălănéoin	τοῖς βᾰλᾰνεῦσῐ / βᾰλᾰνεῦσῐν toîs bălăneûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν βᾰλᾰνέᾱ tòn bălănéā	τὼ βᾰλᾰνῆ tṑ bălănê	τοὺς βᾰλᾰνέᾱς toùs bălănéās
Vocative	βᾰλᾰνεῦ bălăneû	βᾰλᾰνῆ bălănê	βᾰλᾰνῆς / βᾰλᾰνεῖς bălănês / bălăneîs
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 (2006–2025)