ἐρεμνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From earlier *ἐρεβνός (*erebnós), itself from Ἔρεβος (Érebos) +‎ -νός (-nós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rem.nós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.remˈnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.remˈnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.remˈnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.remˈnos/

Adjective

ἐρεμνός • (eremnós) m (feminine ἐρεμνή, neuter ἐρεμνόν); first/second declension

murky, black, dark, obscure

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐρεμνός; ἐρεμνή; ἐρεμνόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐρεμνός eremnós	ἐρεμνή eremnḗ	ἐρεμνόν eremnón	ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ	ἐρεμνᾱ́ eremnā́	ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ	ἐρεμνοί eremnoí	ἐρεμναί eremnaí	ἐρεμνᾰ́ eremná
Genitive	ἐρεμνοῦ eremnoû	ἐρεμνῆς eremnês	ἐρεμνοῦ eremnoû	ἐρεμνοῖν eremnoîn	ἐρεμναῖν eremnaîn	ἐρεμνοῖν eremnoîn	ἐρεμνῶν eremnôn	ἐρεμνῶν eremnôn	ἐρεμνῶν eremnôn
Dative	ἐρεμνῷ eremnôi	ἐρεμνῇ eremnêi	ἐρεμνῷ eremnôi	ἐρεμνοῖν eremnoîn	ἐρεμναῖν eremnaîn	ἐρεμνοῖν eremnoîn	ἐρεμνοῖς eremnoîs	ἐρεμναῖς eremnaîs	ἐρεμνοῖς eremnoîs
Accusative	ἐρεμνόν eremnón	ἐρεμνήν eremnḗn	ἐρεμνόν eremnón	ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ	ἐρεμνᾱ́ eremnā́	ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ	ἐρεμνούς eremnoús	ἐρεμνᾱ́ς eremnā́s	ἐρεμνᾰ́ eremná
Vocative	ἐρεμνέ eremné	ἐρεμνή eremnḗ	ἐρεμνόν eremnón	ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ	ἐρεμνᾱ́ eremnā́	ἐρεμνώ eremnṓ	ἐρεμνοί eremnoí	ἐρεμναί eremnaí	ἐρεμνᾰ́ eremná
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἐρεμνῶς eremnôs			ἐρεμνότερος eremnóteros			ἐρεμνότᾰτος eremnótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἐρεμναῖος (eremnaîos)

“ἐρεμνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἐρεμνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἐρεμνός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἐρεμνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἐρεμνός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN