Ἐμμαοῦς

See also: Ἐμμαούς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἐμμαούς (Emmaoús)
• Ἀμμαοῦς (Ammaoûs), Ἀμμαθοῦς (Ammathoûs)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /em.maˈus/ → /e.maˈus/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /em.maˈus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /em.maˈus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /em.maˈus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.maˈus/

Proper noun

Ἐμμαοῦς • (Emmaoûs) f (genitive Ἐμμαοῦντος); third declension

1. Emmaus, a town in Judea
   • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 24:13:

     Καὶ ἰδοὺ δύο ἐξ αὐτῶν ἦσαν πορευόμενοι ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ εἰς κώμην ἀπέχουσαν σταδίους ἑξήκοντα ἀπὸ Ἱερουσαλήμ, ᾗ ὄνομα Ἐμμαοῦς.

     Kaì idoù dúo ex autôn êsan poreuómenoi en autêi têi hēmérāi eis kṓmēn apékhousan stadíous hexḗkonta apò Hierousalḗm, hêi ónoma Emmaoûs.

     And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. (KJV)

Usage notes

The variant Ἐμμαοῦς (Emmaoûs) is found in earlier manuscripts and is considered to more likely be the authentic version.

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Ἐμμαοῦς; τῆς Ἐμμαοῦντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἐμμαοῦς hē Emmaoûs
Genitive	τῆς Ἐμμαοῦντος tês Emmaoûntos
Dative	τῇ Ἐμμαοῦντῐ têi Emmaoûnti
Accusative	τὴν Ἐμμαοῦντᾰ tḕn Emmaoûnta
Vocative	Ἐμμαοῦν Emmaoûn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Εμμαούς (Emmaoús)
• → Latin: Emmaūs

References

• G1695 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Ἐμμαοῦς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)