ἐρέτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-t-, from *h₁reh₁- (“to row”). Compare also Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀩𐀲 (e-re-ta /⁠eretās⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ré.tɛːs/ → /eˈre.tis/ → /eˈre.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ré.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈre.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈre.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈre.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈre.tis/

Noun

ἐρέτης • (erétēs) m (genitive ἐρέτου); second declension

1. (mostly in the plural) rowers
2. (in the plural) oars

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἐρέτης; τοῦ ἐρέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐρέτης ho erétēs	τὼ ἐρέτᾱ tṑ erétā	οἱ ἐρέται hoi erétai
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρέτου toû erétou	τοῖν ἐρέταιν toîn erétain	τῶν ἐρετῶν tôn eretôn
Dative	τῷ ἐρέτῃ tôi erétēi	τοῖν ἐρέταιν toîn erétain	τοῖς ἐρέταις toîs erétais
Accusative	τὸν ἐρέτην tòn erétēn	τὼ ἐρέτᾱ tṑ erétā	τοὺς ἐρέτᾱς toùs erétās
Vocative	ἐρέτᾰ eréta	ἐρέτᾱ erétā	ἐρέται erétai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• αὐτερέτης (auterétēs)
• ἐρέσσω (eréssō)
• ἐρετμόν (eretmón)
• Ἐρέτρῐᾰ (Erétria)
• ἐρετῐκός (eretikós)
• τρῐήρης (triḗrēs)
• ὑπερέτης (huperétēs)

 

Further reading

• “ἐρέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐρέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐρέτης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐρέτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐρέτης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρέτης”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454