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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

  • οὐ γὰρ ἦν ἡμῖν ὅπωσ ῥῆσιν εὖ λέξειν ἐμέλλομεν τότ’, οὐδὲ συκοφαντήσειν τινὰ φροντίσ, ἀλλ’ ὅστισ ἐρέτησ ἔσοιτ’ ἄριστοσ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parabasis, antistrophe2)
  • τῶν δὲ πλωτήρων καίπερ ἀνομοίων ὄντων τὴν δύναμιν ὁ μὲν γάρ ἐστιν ἐρέτησ, ὁ δὲ κυβερνήτησ, ὁ δὲ πρῳρεύσ, ὁ δ’ ἄλλην τιν’ ἔχων τοιαύτην ἐπωνυμίαν δῆλον ὡσ ὁ μὲν ἀκριβέστατοσ ἑκάστου λόγοσ ἴδιοσ ἔσται τῆσ ἀρετῆσ, ὁμοίωσ δὲ καὶ κοινόσ τισ ἐφαρμόσει πᾶσιν. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 3 45:2)
  • πόλλ’ ἐπὶ σοὶ γελάσουσιν, ἀνάρμενοσ ἂν παραβάλλῃ πλώειν, τὴν κώπην μηκέτ’ ἔχων ἐρέτησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 29 1:1)

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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