ἐνιαυτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, the etymology is unknown, and he criticizes some of the proposals to date, including Meillet's that the first part is ἔνος (énos, year), as in δίενος (díenos, two years old), and the second one is from ἰαύω (iaúō).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐνῐαυτός • (eniautós) m (genitive ἐνῐαυτοῦ); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Koine)

  1. anniversary
  2. year

Declension

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