εὐρώς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἔρβως (érbōs)

Etymology

Comparing the word with ἱδρώς (hidrṓs), γέλως (gélōs), ἔρως (érōs), Schwyzer concludes an original s-stem. Furnée takes the alternative form given by Hesychius as proof of Pre-Greek origin, a hypothesis that convinces Beekes.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.rɔ̌ːs/ → /eˈβros/ → /eˈvros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.rɔ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ewˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈβros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈvros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈvros/

Noun

εὐρώς • (eurṓs) m (genitive εὐρῶτος); third declension

1. mold, mildew, dank decay

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ εὐρώς; τοῦ εὐρῶτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ εὐρώς ho eurṓs	τὼ εὐρῶτε tṑ eurôte	οἱ εὐρῶτες hoi eurôtes
Genitive	τοῦ εὐρῶτος toû eurôtos	τοῖν εὐρώτοιν toîn eurṓtoin	τῶν εὐρώτων tôn eurṓtōn
Dative	τῷ εὐρῶτῐ tôi eurôti	τοῖν εὐρώτοιν toîn eurṓtoin	τοῖς εὐρῶσῐ / εὐρῶσῐν toîs eurôsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν εὐρῶτᾰ tòn eurôta	τὼ εὐρῶτε tṑ eurôte	τοὺς εὐρῶτᾰς toùs eurôtas
Vocative	εὐρώς eurṓs	εὐρῶτε eurôte	εὐρῶτες eurôtes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Derived terms

• εὐρώεις (eurṓeis)
• εὐρωτιάω (eurōtiáō)

 

Further reading

• “εὐρώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εὐρώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εὐρώς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “εὐρώς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 484