Ὑμέης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ὑμαίς (Humaís)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *Humāyah.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /yˈme.is/ → /iˈme.is/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈme.e̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈme.is/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈme.is/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈme.is/

Proper noun

Ὑμέης • (Huméēs) m (genitive Ὑμέου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Hymees, son-in-law of king Darius

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ὑμέης; τοῦ Ὑμέου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὑμέης ho Huméēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ὑμέου toû Huméou
Dative	τῷ Ὑμέῃ tôi Huméēi
Accusative	τὸν Ὑμέην tòn Huméēn
Vocative	Ὑμέη Huméē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Hymeēs

Further reading

• Ὑμέης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette