ἐτεός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Armenian ստոյգ (stoyg), from Proto-Indo-European *set- (stable, true) (Beekes, 2010).

However, compare Sanskrit सत्य (satya), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsatyás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁s-n̥t-yós, from *h₁sónts, from *h₁es- (to be), in addition to Albanian jetë.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ἐτεός • (eteós) m (feminine ἐτεᾱ́ or ἐτεή, neuter ἐτεόν); first/second declension

  1. in accordance with reality or one's honest perception of it: true, genuine
  2. neuter accusative singular ἐτεόν (eteón) as adverb, often preceded by εἰ (ei): truly, in fact, rightly
    1. (in Aristophanes, interrogative) really?
  3. (in Democritus) feminine ἐτεή (eteḗ) as substantive: reality
    1. ἐτεῇ (eteêi): in reality

Usage notes

Not used in masculine.

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: eteo-

References

  • ἐτεός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἐτεός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἐτεός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page ἐτεός of 474-475
  • ἐτεός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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