εὐλαβής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “well-”) +‎ λαβεῖν (labeîn, “to take hold of”) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.la.bɛ̌ːs/ → /e.βlaˈβis/ → /e.vlaˈvis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.la.bɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.laˈbe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.βlaˈβis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.vlaˈvis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.vlaˈvis/

Adjective

εὐλαβής • (eulabḗs) m or f (neuter εὐλαβές); third declension

1. holding fast, clinging
2. cautious
3. reverent
4. (hapax) easy to take hold of
5. cautiously undertaken

Declension

Third declension of εὐλαβής; εὐλαβές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		εὐλαβής eulabḗs	εὐλαβές eulabés		εὐλαβεῖ eulabeî	εὐλαβεῖ eulabeî		εὐλαβεῖς eulabeîs	εὐλαβῆ eulabê
Genitive		εὐλαβοῦς eulaboûs	εὐλαβοῦς eulaboûs		εὐλαβοῖν eulaboîn	εὐλαβοῖν eulaboîn		εὐλαβῶν eulabôn	εὐλαβῶν eulabôn
Dative		εὐλαβεῖ eulabeî	εὐλαβεῖ eulabeî		εὐλαβοῖν eulaboîn	εὐλαβοῖν eulaboîn		εὐλαβέσῐ / εὐλαβέσῐν eulabési(n)	εὐλαβέσῐ / εὐλαβέσῐν eulabési(n)
Accusative		εὐλαβῆ eulabê	εὐλαβές eulabés		εὐλαβεῖ eulabeî	εὐλαβεῖ eulabeî		εὐλαβεῖς eulabeîs	εὐλαβῆ eulabê
Vocative		εὐλαβές eulabés	εὐλαβές eulabés		εὐλαβεῖ eulabeî	εὐλαβεῖ eulabeî		εὐλαβεῖς eulabeîs	εὐλαβῆ eulabê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		εὐλαβῶς eulabôs			εὐλαβέστερος eulabésteros			εὐλαβέστᾰτος eulabéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εὐλαβέομαι (eulabéomai)

References

• “εὐλαβής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press