ἐγερτέον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐγείρω (egeírō, “to wake”) +‎ -τέον (-téon, “a suffix forming a verbal adjective”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ɡer.té.on/ → /e.ʝerˈte.on/ → /e.ʝerˈte.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ɡer.té.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.ɡerˈte.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ʝerˈte.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ʝerˈte.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ʝerˈte.on/

Verbal Adjective

ἐγερτέον • (egertéon)

1. (active use only) one must raise
   • c. 440 BCE, Euripides, Rhesus 690:

     ἕρπω πᾶς κατ' ἴχνος αὐτῶν. ἢ βοὴν ἐγερτέον;

     hérpō pâs kat' íkhnos autôn. ḕ boḕn egertéon;

     Close on their track each man of you! Or must we raise a shout for aid?

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἐγερτέον; τοῦ ἐγερτέου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐγερτέον tò egertéon	τὼ ἐγερτέω tṑ egertéō	τᾰ̀ ἐγερτέᾰ tà egertéa
Genitive	τοῦ ἐγερτέου toû egertéou	τοῖν ἐγερτέοιν toîn egertéoin	τῶν ἐγερτέων tôn egertéōn
Dative	τῷ ἐγερτέῳ tôi egertéōi	τοῖν ἐγερτέοιν toîn egertéoin	τοῖς ἐγερτέοις toîs egertéois
Accusative	τὸ ἐγερτέον tò egertéon	τὼ ἐγερτέω tṑ egertéō	τᾰ̀ ἐγερτέᾰ tà egertéa
Vocative	ἐγερτέον egertéon	ἐγερτέω egertéō	ἐγερτέᾰ egertéa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐγερτέον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐγερτέος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐγερτέον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• ἐγερτέον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἐγερτέον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011