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ἐρέτης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐρέτης ἐρέτου

Structure: ἐρετ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: e)re/ssw

Sense

  1. a rower
  2. oars

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐρέτης ἐρέτᾱ ἐρέται
Genitive ἐρέτου ἐρέταιν ἐρετῶν
Dative ἐρέτῃ ἐρέταιν ἐρέταις
Accusative ἐρέτην ἐρέτᾱ ἐρέτᾱς
Vocative ἐρέτα ἐρέτᾱ ἐρέται

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ταῦτ’ ὀρρωδῶν διέτριβεν ἀεί, καὶ πρὸσ τούτοισιν ἔφασκεν ἐρέτην χρῆναι πρῶτα γενέσθαι πρὶν πηδαλίοισ ἐπιχειρεῖν, κᾆτ’ ἐντεῦθεν πρῳρατεῦσαι καὶ τοὺσ ἀνέμουσ διαθρῆσαι, κᾆτα κυβερνᾶν αὐτὸν ἑαυτῷ. (Aristotle, Parabasis, parabasis16)
  • "ἐρέτην δεῖ πρῶτα γενέσθαι, πρὶν πηδαλίοισ ἐπιχειρεῖν. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 1, chapter 10 10:4)

Synonyms

  1. a rower

  2. oars

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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