Ἐρατώ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐρᾰτός (eratós, “lovely”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ra.tɔ̌ː/ → /e.raˈto/ → /e.raˈto/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ra.tɔ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.raˈto/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.raˈto/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.raˈto/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.raˈto/

Proper noun

Ἐρᾰτώ • (Eratṓ) f (genitive Ἐρᾰτοῦς); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Erato

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἐρᾰτώ; τῆς Ἐρᾰτοῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἐρᾰτώ hē Eratṓ
Genitive	τῆς Ἐρᾰτοῦς tês Eratoûs
Dative	τῇ Ἐρᾰτοῖ têi Eratoî
Accusative	τὴν Ἐρᾰτώ tḕn Eratṓ
Vocative	Ἐρᾰτοῖ Eratoî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ερατώ (Erató)
• Latin: Eratō
• → Russian: Эра́то (Eráto)

See also

• (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Καλλιόπη, Κλειώ, Ἐρατώ, Εὐτέρπη, Μελπομένη, Πολύμνια, Τερψιχόρη, Θάλεια, Οὐρανία

References

• “Ἐρατώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἐρατώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010