ἀποστολεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓πόστολος (ăpóstolos) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pos.to.lěu̯s/ → /a.pos.toˈleɸs/ → /a.pos.toˈlefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pos.to.lěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.pos.toˈlews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.pos.toˈleɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.pos.toˈlefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.pos.toˈlefs/

Noun

ᾰ̓ποστολεύς • (ăpostoleús) m (genitive ᾰ̓ποστολέως); third declension

1. One who dispatches, dispatcher
2. (military) An Athenian magistrate who outfitted a squadron for service

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ᾰ̓ποστολεύς; τοῦ ᾰ̓ποστολέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓ποστολεύς ho ăpostoleús	τὼ ᾰ̓ποστολῆ tṑ ăpostolê	οἱ ᾰ̓ποστολῆς / ᾰ̓ποστολεῖς hoi ăpostolês / ăpostoleîs
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓ποστολέως toû ăpostoléōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποστολέοιν toîn ăpostoléoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ποστολέων tôn ăpostoléōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓ποστολεῖ tôi ăpostoleî	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποστολέοιν toîn ăpostoléoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓ποστολεῦσῐ / ᾰ̓ποστολεῦσῐν toîs ăpostoleûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓ποστολέᾱ tòn ăpostoléā	τὼ ᾰ̓ποστολῆ tṑ ăpostolê	τοὺς ᾰ̓ποστολέᾱς toùs ăpostoléās
Vocative	ᾰ̓ποστολεῦ ăpostoleû	ᾰ̓ποστολῆ ăpostolê	ᾰ̓ποστολῆς / ᾰ̓ποστολεῖς ăpostolês / ăpostoleîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αποστολέας (apostoléas)

Further reading

• “ἀποστολεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀποστολεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀποστολεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀποστολεύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)