ἐθελοντής

See also: εθελοντής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐθελοντήρ (ethelontḗr) — Epic

Etymology

From ἐθέλω (ethélō) +‎ -τής (-tḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.tʰe.lon.tɛ̌ːs/ → /e.θe.lonˈtis/ → /e.θe.lonˈdis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.tʰe.lon.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.tʰe.lonˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.θe.lonˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.θe.lonˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.θe.lonˈdis/

Noun

ἐθελοντής • (ethelontḗs) m (genitive ἐθελοντοῦ); first declension

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Declension

First declension of ὁ ἐθελοντής; τοῦ ἐθελοντοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐθελοντής ho ethelontḗs	τὼ ἐθελοντᾱ́ tṑ ethelontā́	οἱ ἐθελονταί hoi ethelontaí
Genitive	τοῦ ἐθελοντοῦ toû ethelontoû	τοῖν ἐθελονταῖν toîn ethelontaîn	τῶν ἐθελοντῶν tôn ethelontôn
Dative	τῷ ἐθελοντῇ tôi ethelontêi	τοῖν ἐθελονταῖν toîn ethelontaîn	τοῖς ἐθελονταῖς toîs ethelontaîs
Accusative	τὸν ἐθελοντήν tòn ethelontḗn	τὼ ἐθελοντᾱ́ tṑ ethelontā́	τοὺς ἐθελοντᾱ́ς toùs ethelontā́s
Vocative	ἐθελοντᾰ́ ethelontá	ἐθελοντᾱ́ ethelontā́	ἐθελονταί ethelontaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: εθελοντής (ethelontís)

Further reading

• ἐθελοντής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐθελοντής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἐθελοντής”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἐθελοντής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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