Ἐρατοσθένης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐρᾰτός (eratós, “lovely”) +‎ σθένος (sthénos, “strong”)

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἐρᾰτοσθένης • (Eratosthénēs) m (genitive Ἐρᾰτοσθένους); third declension

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Eratosthenes
  2. in particular, the 3rd century BCE mathematician Eratosthenes

Declension
Third declension of ὁ Ἐρᾰτοσθένης; τοῦ Ἐρᾰτοσθένους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἐρᾰτοσθένης
ho Eratosthénēs
Genitive τοῦ Ἐρᾰτοσθένους
toû Eratosthénous
Dative τῷ Ἐρᾰτοσθένει
tôi Eratosthénei
Accusative τὸν Ἐρᾰτοσθένη
tòn Eratosthénē
Vocative Ἐρᾰτόσθενες
Eratósthenes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
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