ἀλθεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλθέω (althéō) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /al.tʰěu̯s/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /alˈtʰews/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /alˈθeɸs/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /alˈθefs/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /alˈθefs/

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Noun

ἀλθεύς • (altheús) m (genitive ἀλθέως); third declension

(medicine) healer, physician

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἀλθεύς; τοῦ ἀλθέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀλθεύς ho altheús	τὼ ἀλθῆ tṑ althê	οἱ ἀλθῆς / ἀλθεῖς hoi althês / altheîs
Genitive	τοῦ ἀλθέως toû althéōs	τοῖν ἀλθέοιν toîn althéoin	τῶν ἀλθέων tôn althéōn
Dative	τῷ ἀλθεῖ tôi altheî	τοῖν ἀλθέοιν toîn althéoin	τοῖς ἀλθεῦσῐ / ἀλθεῦσῐν toîs altheûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἀλθέᾱ tòn althéā	τὼ ἀλθῆ tṑ althê	τοὺς ἀλθέᾱς toùs althéās
Vocative	ἀλθεῦ altheû	ἀλθῆ althê	ἀλθῆς / ἀλθεῖς althês / altheîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

ἀλθαίνω (althaínō)
ἀπαλθαίνομαι (apalthaínomai)
ἄλθεξις (álthexis)
ἀλθέω (althéō)
ἀλθεστήρια (althestḗria)
ἀλθήεις (althḗeis)
ἄλθησις (álthēsis)
ἀλθήσκω (althḗskō)
ἀλθηστήριον (althēstḗrion)
ἀλθήσω (althḗsō)
ἀλθίσκω (althískō)
ἄλθομαι (álthomai)
ἄλθος (álthos)
ἀναλθής (analthḗs)
ἐπαλθαίνω (epalthaínō)
ἐπαλθής (epalthḗs)
ἐπαλθέω (epalthéō)

References

“ἀλθεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἀλθεύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
“ἀλθεύς”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011