"ἐρέτης" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἐρέτης in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /e.ré.tɛːs/, /eˈre.tis/, /eˈre.tis/, /e.ré.tɛːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /eˈre.te̝s/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /eˈre.tis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /eˈre.tis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /eˈre.tis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-t-, from *h₁reh₁- (“to row”). Compare also Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀩𐀲 (e-re-ta /⁠eretās⁠/). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*h₁reh₁-t-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-t-, {{cog|gmy|𐀁𐀩𐀲|ts=eretās}} Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀩𐀲 (e-re-ta /⁠eretās⁠/) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἐρέτου|m|second}} ἐρέτης • (erétēs) m (genitive ἐρέτου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἐρέτης|ου}} Forms: erétēs [romanization], ἐρέτου [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ὁ ἐρέτης [nominative, singular], ἐρέτᾱ [dual, nominative], οἱ ἐρέται [nominative, plural], τοῦ ἐρέτου [genitive, singular], ἐρέταιν [dual, genitive], ἐρετῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ ἐρέτῃ [dative, singular], ἐρέταιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ἐρέταις [dative, plural], τὸν ἐρέτην [accusative, singular], ἐρέτᾱ [accusative, dual], τοὺς ἐρέτᾱς [accusative, plural], ἐρέτᾰ [singular, vocative], ἐρέτᾱ [dual, vocative], ἐρέται [plural, vocative]
  1. (mostly in the plural) rowers Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-ἐρέτης-grc-noun-rVVIitj5 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. (in the plural) oars Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-ἐρέτης-grc-noun-4-spnFyf Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: αὐτερέτης (auterétēs), ἐρέσσω (eréssō), ἐρετῐκός (eretĭkós), ἐρετμόν (eretmón), Ἐρέτρῐᾰ (Erétrĭă), τρῐήρης (trĭḗrēs), ὑπερέτης (huperétēs)

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
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      "word": "ἐρετῐκός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "eretmón",
      "word": "ἐρετμόν"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Erétrĭă",
      "word": "Ἐρέτρῐᾰ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "trĭḗrēs",
      "word": "τρῐήρης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "ὑπερέτης"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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        "table-tags"
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τὸν ἐρέτην",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τοὺς ἐρέτᾱς",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ἐρέτᾰ",
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    },
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        "vocative"
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    },
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        "vocative"
      ]
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      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ἐρέτης",
        "2": "ου"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
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          "_dis": "69 31",
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          "_dis": "90 10",
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      "links": [
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        ]
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        "(mostly in the plural) rowers"
      ],
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      ]
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        }
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          "oar"
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      ],
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        "(in the plural) oars"
      ],
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        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/e.ré.tɛːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈre.tis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈre.tis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.ré.tɛːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈre.te̝s/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈre.tis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈre.tis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈre.tis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "auterétēs",
      "word": "αὐτερέτης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eréssō",
      "word": "ἐρέσσω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eretĭkós",
      "word": "ἐρετῐκός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eretmón",
      "word": "ἐρετμόν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Erétrĭă",
      "word": "Ἐρέτρῐᾰ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "trĭḗrēs",
      "word": "τρῐήρης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huperétēs",
      "word": "ὑπερέτης"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "erétēs",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐρέτου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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        "table-tags"
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        "class"
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    {
      "form": "ὁ ἐρέτης",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ἐρέται",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἐρέτου",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἐρέτῃ",
      "roman": "tôi erétēi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐρέταιν",
      "roman": "erétain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ἐρέταις",
      "roman": "toîs erétais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ἐρέτην",
      "roman": "tòn erétēn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐρέτᾱ",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ἐρέτᾱς",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐρέτᾰ",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐρέτᾱ",
      "roman": "erétā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἐρέται",
      "roman": "erétai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "ἐρέτου",
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      },
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    }
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        "1": "ἐρέτης",
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    }
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        "rowers"
      ],
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        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "(mostly in the plural) rowers"
      ],
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        "in-plural"
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    },
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        "oars"
      ],
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          "oar",
          "oar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) oars"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/e.ré.tɛːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈre.tis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈre.tis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.ré.tɛːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈre.te̝s/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈre.tis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈre.tis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈre.tis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἐρέτης"
}

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