Ἐφραιμίτης

See also: Ἐφραϊμίτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἐφραϊμῑ́της (Ephraïmī́tēs)

Etymology

Ἐφραίμ (Ephraím) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “member of a group”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pʰrai̯.mǐː.tɛːs/ → /e.ɸrɛˈmi.tis/ → /e.freˈmi.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰrai̯.mǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pʰrɛˈmi.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ɸrɛˈmi.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.freˈmi.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.freˈmi.tis/

Noun

Ἐφραιμῑ́της • (Ephraimī́tēs) m (genitive Ἐφραιμῑ́του); first declension

1. (biblical) An allegiant of the Israelite tribal patriarch Ephraim, a member of the tribe purportedly descended from him, or an inhabitant of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (930–720 B.C.), in which the tribe of Ephraim was preëminent.

Declension

First declension of ὁ Ἐφραιμῑ́της; τοῦ Ἐφραιμῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἐφραιμῑ́της ho Ephraimī́tēs	τὼ Ἐφραιμῑ́τᾱ tṑ Ephraimī́tā	οἱ Ἐφραιμῖται hoi Ephraimîtai
Genitive	τοῦ Ἐφραιμῑ́του toû Ephraimī́tou	τοῖν Ἐφραιμῑ́ταιν toîn Ephraimī́tain	τῶν Ἐφραιμῑτῶν tôn Ephraimītôn
Dative	τῷ Ἐφραιμῑ́τῃ tôi Ephraimī́tēi	τοῖν Ἐφραιμῑ́ταιν toîn Ephraimī́tain	τοῖς Ἐφραιμῑ́ταις toîs Ephraimī́tais
Accusative	τὸν Ἐφραιμῑ́την tòn Ephraimī́tēn	τὼ Ἐφραιμῑ́τᾱ tṑ Ephraimī́tā	τοὺς Ἐφραιμῑ́τᾱς toùs Ephraimī́tās
Vocative	Ἐφραιμῖτᾰ Ephraimîta	Ἐφραιμῑ́τᾱ Ephraimī́tā	Ἐφραιμῖται Ephraimîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Ephraimītēs
  • English: Ephraimite