ἠώς
See also: Ἠώς
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- ἕως (héōs) — Attic
- αὔως (aúōs), ᾱ̓́ϝως (ā́wōs) — Aeolic
- ᾱ̓ώς (āṓs) — Doric
- ᾱ̓́ας (ā́as) — Boeotian
- ᾱ̓ϝώρ (āwṓr), αβώρ (abṓr) — Laconian
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Hellenic *auhṓs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”), which was also personified as a goddess of dawn in Proto-Indo-European religion, corresponding to Ancient Greek goddess Ἠώς (Ēṓs). Cognates include Latin Aurora/aurora, Sanskrit उषस् (uṣás, “dawn; Ushas”) and possibly Old English Ēostre and Old Armenian այգ (ayg), առաւաւտ (aṙawawt).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛː.ɔ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e̝ˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈos/
- Hyphenation: ἠ‧ώς
Noun
editἠώς • (ēṓs) f (genitive ἠοῦς); third declension (Epic, Ionic)
- The morning red, daybreak, dawn
- Dawn as a length of time: morning
- (accusative, ἠῶ (ēô)) through the morning
- A morning as a unit of time: day
- The direction of dawn, the East
Usage notes
editEpic locative is ἠῶθι (ēôthi).
Inflection
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕως”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 492
Further reading
edit- “ἠώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἠώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἠώς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἠώς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ews- (dawn)
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
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