Ἐρατοσθένης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἐρᾰτός (eratós, “lovely”) + σθένος (sthénos, “strong”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.ra.tos.tʰé.nɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.ra.tosˈtʰe.ne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.ra.tosˈθe.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.ra.tosˈθe.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.ra.tosˈθe.nis/
Proper noun
Ἐρᾰτοσθένης • (Eratosthénēs) m (genitive Ἐρᾰτοσθένους); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Eratosthenes
- (in particular) the 3rd century BCE mathematician Eratosthenes
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἐρᾰτοσθένης ho Eratosthénēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἐρᾰτοσθένους toû Eratosthénous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἐρᾰτοσθένει tôi Eratosthénei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἐρᾰτοσθένη tòn Eratosthénē | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἐρᾰτόσθενες Eratósthenes | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- Ἐρατοσθένης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “Ἐρατοσθένης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
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