ἀγρεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄγρα (ágra, “chase, prey”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡrěu̯s/ → /aˈɣreɸs/ → /aˈɣrefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡrěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈɡrews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣreɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣrefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈɣrefs/

Noun

ᾰ̓γρεύς • (agreús) m (genitive ᾰ̓γρέως); third declension

1. hunter
2. of an arrow

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ᾰ̓γρεύς; τοῦ ᾰ̓γρέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓γρεύς ho agreús	τὼ ᾰ̓γρῆ tṑ agrê	οἱ ᾰ̓γρῆς / ᾰ̓γρεῖς hoi agrês / agreîs
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓γρέως toû agréōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓γρέοιν toîn agréoin	τῶν ᾰ̓γρέων tôn agréōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓γρεῖ tôi agreî	τοῖν ᾰ̓γρέοιν toîn agréoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓γρεῦσῐ / ᾰ̓γρεῦσῐν toîs agreûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓γρέᾱ tòn agréā	τὼ ᾰ̓γρῆ tṑ agrê	τοὺς ᾰ̓γρέᾱς toùs agréās
Vocative	ᾰ̓γρεῦ agreû	ᾰ̓γρῆ agrê	ᾰ̓γρῆς / ᾰ̓γρεῖς agrês / agreîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀγρεύω (agreúō)

 

References

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