στιβεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στείβω (steíbō, “to tread”) and +‎ -εύς (-eús, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sti.běu̯s/ → /stiˈβeɸs/ → /stiˈvefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sti.běu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /stiˈbews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /stiˈβeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /stiˈvefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stiˈvefs/

Noun

στῐβεύς • (stibeús) m (genitive στῐβέως); third declension

1. A walker, a traveller
2. A fuller

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ στῐβεύς; τοῦ στῐβέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ στῐβεύς ho stibeús	τὼ στῐβῆ tṑ stibê	οἱ στῐβῆς / στῐβεῖς hoi stibês / stibeîs
Genitive	τοῦ στῐβέως toû stibéōs	τοῖν στῐβέοιν toîn stibéoin	τῶν στῐβέων tôn stibéōn
Dative	τῷ στῐβεῖ tôi stibeî	τοῖν στῐβέοιν toîn stibéoin	τοῖς στῐβεῦσῐ / στῐβεῦσῐν toîs stibeûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν στῐβέᾱ tòn stibéā	τὼ στῐβῆ tṑ stibê	τοὺς στῐβέᾱς toùs stibéās
Vocative	στῐβεῦ stibeû	στῐβῆ stibê	στῐβῆς / στῐβεῖς stibês / stibeîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “στιβεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στιβεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette