ἐσθλός

Ancient Greek

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be, exist”), and thus cognate with εἰμί (eimí, “to be”), οὐσία (ousía, “essence”), ἐτεός (eteós, “true”); yet another possibility is perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-, zero-grade form of *h₁esu- (“good”), from which ἐΰς (eǘs, “good”) and adverbial εὖ (eû, “well”).

ἐσθλός • (esthlós) m (feminine ἐσθλή, neuter ἐσθλόν); first/second declension

First and second declension of ἐσθλός; ἐσθλή; ἐσθλόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐσθλός esthlós	ἐσθλή esthlḗ	ἐσθλόν esthlón	ἐσθλώ esthlṓ	ἐσθλᾱ́ esthlā́	ἐσθλώ esthlṓ	ἐσθλοί esthloí	ἐσθλαί esthlaí	ἐσθλᾰ́ esthlá
Genitive	ἐσθλοῦ esthloû	ἐσθλῆς esthlês	ἐσθλοῦ esthloû	ἐσθλοῖν esthloîn	ἐσθλαῖν esthlaîn	ἐσθλοῖν esthloîn	ἐσθλῶν esthlôn	ἐσθλῶν esthlôn	ἐσθλῶν esthlôn
Dative	ἐσθλῷ esthlôi	ἐσθλῇ esthlêi	ἐσθλῷ esthlôi	ἐσθλοῖν esthloîn	ἐσθλαῖν esthlaîn	ἐσθλοῖν esthloîn	ἐσθλοῖς esthloîs	ἐσθλαῖς esthlaîs	ἐσθλοῖς esthloîs
Accusative	ἐσθλόν esthlón	ἐσθλήν esthlḗn	ἐσθλόν esthlón	ἐσθλώ esthlṓ	ἐσθλᾱ́ esthlā́	ἐσθλώ esthlṓ	ἐσθλούς esthloús	ἐσθλᾱ́ς esthlā́s	ἐσθλᾰ́ esthlá
Vocative	ἐσθλέ esthlé	ἐσθλή esthlḗ	ἐσθλόν esthlón	ἐσθλώ esthlṓ	ἐσθλᾱ́ esthlā́	ἐσθλώ esthlṓ	ἐσθλοί esthloí	ἐσθλαί esthlaí	ἐσθλᾰ́ esthlá
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἐσθλῶς esthlôs			ἐσθλότερος esthlóteros			ἐσθλότᾰτος esthlótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.