ἐλεύθερος

See also: ελεύθερος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *eléutʰeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-. Cognates include Latin līber, Old Church Slavonic людинъ (ljudinŭ, “free man”), and Old English leōd.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.lěu̯.tʰe.ros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈlew.tʰe.ros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈleɸ.θe.ros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈlef.θe.ros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈlef.θe.ros/

Adjective

ἐλεύθερος • (eleútheros) m (feminine ἐλευθέρᾱ, neuter ἐλεύθερον); first/second declension

free
(substantive) freedom
fit for a freeman

Declension

First and second declension of ἐλεύθερος; ἐλευθέρᾱ; ἐλεύθερον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐλεύθερος eleútheros	ἐλευθέρᾱ eleuthérā	ἐλεύθερον eleútheron	ἐλευθέρω eleuthérō	ἐλευθέρᾱ eleuthérā	ἐλευθέρω eleuthérō	ἐλεύθεροι eleútheroi	ἐλεύθεραι eleútherai	ἐλεύθερᾰ eleúthera
Genitive	ἐλευθέρου eleuthérou	ἐλευθέρᾱς eleuthérās	ἐλευθέρου eleuthérou	ἐλευθέροιν eleuthéroin	ἐλευθέραιν eleuthérain	ἐλευθέροιν eleuthéroin	ἐλευθέρων eleuthérōn	ἐλευθέρων eleuthérōn	ἐλευθέρων eleuthérōn
Dative	ἐλευθέρῳ eleuthérōi	ἐλευθέρᾳ eleuthérāi	ἐλευθέρῳ eleuthérōi	ἐλευθέροιν eleuthéroin	ἐλευθέραιν eleuthérain	ἐλευθέροιν eleuthéroin	ἐλευθέροις eleuthérois	ἐλευθέραις eleuthérais	ἐλευθέροις eleuthérois
Accusative	ἐλεύθερον eleútheron	ἐλευθέρᾱν eleuthérān	ἐλεύθερον eleútheron	ἐλευθέρω eleuthérō	ἐλευθέρᾱ eleuthérā	ἐλευθέρω eleuthérō	ἐλευθέρους eleuthérous	ἐλευθέρᾱς eleuthérās	ἐλεύθερᾰ eleúthera
Vocative	ἐλεύθερε eleúthere	ἐλευθέρᾱ eleuthérā	ἐλεύθερον eleútheron	ἐλευθέρω eleuthérō	ἐλευθέρᾱ eleuthérā	ἐλευθέρω eleuthérō	ἐλεύθεροι eleútheroi	ἐλεύθεραι eleútherai	ἐλεύθερᾰ eleúthera
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἐλευθέρως eleuthérōs			ἐλευθερώτερος eleutherṓteros			ἐλευθερώτᾰτος eleutherṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἐλευθερόστομος (eleutheróstomos)
ἐλευθερόφρων (eleutheróphrōn)
ἐλευθερόψῡχος (eleutherópsūkhos)
ἐλευθερῐ́ᾱ (eleutheríā)

Descendants

→ English: Eleuthera
Greek: ελεύθερος (eléftheros)
→⇒ Translingual: Eleutherozoa