Ἰδομενεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ῑ̓δομένη (Īdoménē) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iː.do.me.něu̯s/ → /i.ðo.meˈneɸs/ → /i.ðo.meˈnefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /iː.do.me.něu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.do.meˈnews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ðo.meˈneɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ðo.meˈnefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ðo.meˈnefs/

Proper noun

Ῑ̓δομενεύς • (Īdomeneús) m (genitive Ῑ̓δομενέως); third declension

1. a male given name, meaning "one from/of Idomene (Ῑ̓δομένη), a town of Emathia situated on the right bank of the river Axius

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἰδομενεύς; τοῦ Ἰδομενέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἰδομενεύς ho Idomeneús
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰδομενέως toû Idomenéōs
Dative	τῷ Ἰδομενεῖ tôi Idomeneî
Accusative	τὸν Ἰδομενέᾱ tòn Idomenéā
Vocative	Ἰδομενεῦ Idomeneû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of Ἰδομενεύς; Ἰδομενῆος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ἰδομενεύς Idomeneús
Genitive	Ἰδομενῆος / Ἰδομενέος Idomenêos / Idomenéos
Dative	Ἰδομενῆῐ̈ / Ἰδομενέῐ̈ Idomenêï / Idomenéï
Accusative	Ἰδομενῆᾰ / Ἰδομενέᾰ Idomenêa / Idomenéa
Vocative	Ἰδομενεῦ Idomeneû
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιδομενεύς (Idomenéfs); Ιδομενέας (Idomenéas)
• → Latin: Īdomeneus
  • English: Idomeneus
  • French: Idoménée
  • Italian: Idomeneo

Further reading

• “Ἰδομενεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Ἰδομενεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013