"ἔριθος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /é.riː.tʰos/, /ˈe.ri.θos/, /ˈe.ri.θos/, /é.riː.tʰos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈe.ri.tʰos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈe.ri.θos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈe.ri.θos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈe.ri.θos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: No etymology. Being in the same semantic field of δοῦλος (doûlos), Beekes does not dismiss a Pre-Greek, in view, also, of the suffix -ῑθ-. Etymology templates: {{unk|grc|title=No etymology}} No etymology, {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἔρῑθος|ἐρῑ́θου|m|second|g2=f}} ἔρῑθος • (érīthos) m or f (genitive ἐρῑ́θου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἔρῑθος|ου|form=MF}} Forms: ἔρῑθος [canonical], érīthos [romanization], ἐρῑ́θου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ἔρῑθος [nominative, singular], ἐρῑ́θω [dual, nominative], ἔρῑθοι [nominative, plural], ἐρῑ́θου [genitive, singular], ἐρῑ́θοιν [dual, genitive], ἐρῑ́θων [genitive, plural], ἐρῑ́θῳ [dative, singular], ἐρῑ́θοιν [dative, dual], ἐρῑ́θοις [dative, plural], ἔρῑθον [accusative, singular], ἐρῑ́θω [accusative, dual], ἐρῑ́θους [accusative, plural], ἔρῑθε [singular, vocative], ἐρῑ́θω [dual, vocative], ἔρῑθοι [plural, vocative]
  1. day laborer, hired servant
    Sense id: en-ἔριθος-grc-noun-RjnCFYGI Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Occupations Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 32 36 11 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 18 7 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 10 4 12 Disambiguation of Occupations: 46 12 19 23
  2. mower, reaper, sheaf-binder
    Sense id: en-ἔριθος-grc-noun-M3s40dsw Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 32 36 11 21 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension: 19 37 21 22 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 19 37 21 22
  3. spinster, weaver, worker in wool
    Sense id: en-ἔριθος-grc-noun-hta2geAX Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 32 36 11 21
  4. (figuratively) servant, minister Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-ἔριθος-grc-noun-OOju1IbS Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 32 36 11 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἐρῑθᾰκῐ́ς (erīthăkĭ́s), ἐρῑθείᾱ (erītheíā), ἐρῑθεύομαι (erītheúomai), ἐρῑθευτός (erītheutós), σῠνέρῑθος (sŭnérīthos), φῐλέρῑθος (phĭlérīthos)
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      "roman": "erīthăkĭ́s",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "roman": "erītheúomai",
      "word": "ἐρῑθεύομαι"
    },
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "32 36 11 21",
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        ],
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          "servant",
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        ]
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        "mower, reaper, sheaf-binder"
      ],
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          "mower",
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        [
          "reaper",
          "reaper"
        ],
        [
          "sheaf",
          "sheaf"
        ],
        [
          "bind",
          "bind"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spinster, weaver, worker in wool"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἔριθος-grc-noun-hta2geAX",
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        [
          "spinster",
          "spinster"
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        [
          "weaver",
          "weaver"
        ],
        [
          "worker",
          "worker"
        ],
        [
          "wool",
          "wool"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "32 36 11 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "servant, minister"
      ],
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        [
          "servant",
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          "minister",
          "minister"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figuratively) servant, minister"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/é.riː.tʰos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.ri.θos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.ri.θos/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/é.riː.tʰos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈe.ri.tʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.ri.θos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.ri.θos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.ri.θos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἔριθος"
}
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    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek nouns with multiple genders",
    "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
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    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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  "derived": [
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      "roman": "erīthăkĭ́s",
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    {
      "roman": "erītheíā",
      "word": "ἐρῑθείᾱ"
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      "word": "ἐρῑθεύομαι"
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      "word": "ἐρῑθευτός"
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      "word": "σῠνέρῑθος"
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      "source": "inflection",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ἔρῑθον",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "day laborer, hired servant"
      ],
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          "hire",
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      "glosses": [
        "mower, reaper, sheaf-binder"
      ],
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          "mower",
          "mower"
        ],
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          "reaper",
          "reaper"
        ],
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          "sheaf",
          "sheaf"
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        [
          "bind",
          "bind"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "spinster, weaver, worker in wool"
      ],
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        [
          "spinster",
          "spinster"
        ],
        [
          "weaver",
          "weaver"
        ],
        [
          "worker",
          "worker"
        ],
        [
          "wool",
          "wool"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "servant, minister"
      ],
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        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "minister",
          "minister"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) servant, minister"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/é.riː.tʰos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.ri.θos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.ri.θos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/é.riː.tʰos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.ri.tʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.ri.θos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.ri.θos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.ri.θos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἔριθος"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.