ἔτυμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter substantive of ἔτῠμος (étŭmos, “true, real”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.ty.mon/ → /ˈe.ty.mon/ → /ˈe.ti.mon/

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

Noun

ἔτῠμον • (étŭmon) n (genitive ἐτῠ́μου); second declension

1. the true sense or meaning of a word according to its origins and evolution, its etymology
   • 36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 1.11
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.278c
   • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 13.571d

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἔτῠμον; τοῦ ἐτῠ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔτῠμον tò étŭmon	τὼ ἐτῠ́μω tṑ etŭ́mō	τᾰ̀ ἔτῠμᾰ tằ étŭmă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐτῠ́μου toû etŭ́mou	τοῖν ἐτῠ́μοιν toîn etŭ́moin	τῶν ἐτῠ́μων tôn etŭ́mōn
Dative	τῷ ἐτῠ́μῳ tôi etŭ́mōi	τοῖν ἐτῠ́μοιν toîn etŭ́moin	τοῖς ἐτῠ́μοις toîs etŭ́mois
Accusative	τὸ ἔτῠμον tò étŭmon	τὼ ἐτῠ́μω tṑ etŭ́mō	τᾰ̀ ἔτῠμᾰ tằ étŭmă
Vocative	ἔτῠμον étŭmon	ἐτῠ́μω etŭ́mō	ἔτῠμᾰ étŭmă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Esperanto: etimo
• → English: etymon
• → French: étymon
• → Latin: etymon
• → Italian: etimo
• → Portuguese: étimo
• → Sicilian: ètimu
• → Spanish: étimo

Adjective

ἔτῠμον • (étŭmon)

1. masculine accusative singular of ἔτῠμος (étŭmos)
2. neuter nominative singular of ἔτῠμος (étŭmos)
3. neuter accusative singular of ἔτῠμος (étŭmos)
4. neuter vocative singular of ἔτῠμος (étŭmos)

Further reading

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