ἔτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἔτας (étas) — Doric
• ϝέτας (wétas) — Elean

Etymology

PIE word
*swé

From Proto-Indo-European *swet-, from *swé (“self”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *svatъ (“father of newlyweds”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.tɛːs/ → /ˈe.tis/ → /ˈe.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.tis/

Noun

ἔτης • (étēs) m (genitive ἔτου); first declension

1. clansman
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer
2. private person; citizen

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἔτης; τοῦ ἔτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔτης ho étēs	τὼ ἔτᾱ tṑ étā	οἱ ἔται hoi étai
Genitive	τοῦ ἔτου toû étou	τοῖν ἔταιν toîn étain	τῶν ἐτῶν tôn etôn
Dative	τῷ ἔτῃ tôi étēi	τοῖν ἔταιν toîn étain	τοῖς ἔταις toîs étais
Accusative	τὸν ἔτην tòn étēn	τὼ ἔτᾱ tṑ étā	τοὺς ἔτᾱς toùs étās
Vocative	ἔτᾰ étă	ἔτᾱ étā	ἔται étai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἔτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press