εὖνις

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

From εὐνή (eunḗ, bed, abode).

Noun

εὖνῐς • (eûnis) f (genitive εὔνῐδος); third declension

  1. bedfellow, wife
Declension

Etymology 2

Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (to abandon).

Noun

εὖνῐς • (eûnis) m or f (genitive εὔνῐδος or εὔνῐος); third declension

  1. one who is bereaved
Declension

References

  • εὖνις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • εὖνις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • εὖνις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • εὖνις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • εὖνις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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