Εὐαίμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.ǎi̯.mɔːn/ → /eˈβɛ.mon/ → /eˈve.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.ǎi̯.mɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈwɛ.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈβɛ.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈve.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈve.mon/

Proper noun

Εὐαίμων • (Euaímōn) m (genitive Εὐαίμονος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Euaemon, son of Ormenus and father of Eurypylus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Εὐαίμων; τοῦ Εὐαίμονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Εὐαίμων ho Euaímōn
Genitive	τοῦ Εὐαίμονος toû Euaímonos
Dative	τῷ Εὐαίμονῐ tôi Euaímoni
Accusative	τὸν Εὐαίμονᾰ tòn Euaímona
Vocative	Εὐαῖμον Euaîmon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Εὐαιμονίδης (Euaimonídēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Ευαίμονας (Evaímonas)
• → Latin: Euaemōn

References

• “Εὐαίμων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Εὐαίμων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette