εὐρώς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἔρβως (érbōs)

Etymology

Comparing the word with ἱδρώς (hidrṓs), γέλως (gélōs), ἔρως (érōs), Schwyzer concludes an original s-stem. Furnée takes the alternative form given by Hesychius as proof of Pre-Greek origin, a hypothesis that convinces Beekes.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.rɔ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ewˈros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈβros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈvros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈvros/

Noun

εὐρώς • (eurṓs) m (genitive εὐρῶτος); third declension

mold, mildew, dank decay

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ εὐρώς; τοῦ εὐρῶτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ εὐρώς ho eurṓs	τὼ εὐρῶτε tṑ eurôte	οἱ εὐρῶτες hoi eurôtes
Genitive	τοῦ εὐρῶτος toû eurôtos	τοῖν εὐρώτοιν toîn eurṓtoin	τῶν εὐρώτων tôn eurṓtōn
Dative	τῷ εὐρῶτῐ tôi eurôtĭ	τοῖν εὐρώτοιν toîn eurṓtoin	τοῖς εὐρῶσῐ / εὐρῶσῐν toîs eurôsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν εὐρῶτᾰ tòn eurôtă	τὼ εὐρῶτε tṑ eurôte	τοὺς εὐρῶτᾰς toùs eurôtăs
Vocative	εὐρώς eurṓs	εὐρῶτε eurôte	εὐρῶτες eurôtes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Derived terms

εὐρώεις (eurṓeis)
εὐρωτιάω (eurōtiáō)

“εὐρώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“εὐρώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
εὐρώς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “εὐρώς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 484