ἐρέτης
First declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐρέτης
ἐρέτου
Structure:
ἐρετ
(Stem)
+
ης
(Ending)
Declension
First declension
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.
- 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)
- οὐ γὰρ ἦν ἡμῖν ὅπωσ ῥῆσιν εὖ λέξειν ἐμέλλομεν τότ’, οὐδὲ συκοφαντήσειν τινὰ φροντίσ, ἀλλ’ ὅστισ ἐρέτησ ἔσοιτ’ ἄριστοσ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parabasis, antistrophe2)
- Κρατῖνοσ δ’ ἐπὶ ἐρετῶν χρᾶται τῇ λέξει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 422)
- "διὰ τί ἄλυποι ἀλλήλοισ εἰσὶν οἱ ἐρέται, · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 425)
- "ὡσ δ’ ἐντὸσ ἦν καὶ τὰσ κώπασ ἔλαβον οἱ ἐρέται, Χρυσόγονοσ μὲν ηὔλει τὸ τριηρικὸν ἐνδεδυκὼσ τὴν Πυθικὴν στολήν, Καλλιππίδησ δ’ ὁ τραγῳδὸσ ἐκέλευε τὴν ἐπὶ τῆσ σκηνῆσ στολὴν ἠμφιεσμένοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 47 3:21)
- 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
-
a rower
-
oars
- πηδός (the blade of an oar, an oar)
