"ἐσθής" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἐσθής in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wes.tʰɛ̌ːs/, /esˈθis/, /esˈθis/, /wes.tʰɛ̌ːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /esˈtʰe̝s/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /esˈθis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /esˈθis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /esˈθis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, clothe”). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*wes-|id=dress}}, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*wes-|id=dress|t=to dress, clothe}} Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, clothe”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἐσθῆτος|f|third}} ἐσθής • (esthḗs) f (genitive ἐσθῆτος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἐσθής|ἐσθῆτος|form=F}} Forms: esthḗs [romanization], ἐσθῆτος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ ἐσθής [nominative, singular], ἐσθῆτε [dual, nominative], αἱ ἐσθῆτες [nominative, plural], τῆς ἐσθῆτος [genitive, singular], ἐσθήτοιν [dual, genitive], ἐσθήτων [genitive, plural], τῇ ἐσθῆτῐ [dative, singular], ἐσθήτοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἐσθῆσῐ [dative, plural], ἐσθῆσῐν [dative, plural], taîs esthêsĭ [dative, plural], taîs esthêsĭn [dative, plural], τὴν ἐσθῆτᾰ [accusative, singular], ἐσθῆτε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἐσθῆτᾰς [accusative, plural], ἐσθής [singular, vocative], ἐσθῆτε [dual, vocative], ἐσθῆτες [plural, vocative]
  1. clothes, clothing, raiment Related terms: ἑανός (heanós), εἷμα (heîma), εἴμαι (eímai), ἕννῡμι (hénnūmi)

Inflected forms

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