ἐφέτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐφίημι (ephíēmi, “to command”) +‎ -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pʰé.tɛːs/ → /eˈɸe.tis/ → /eˈfe.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰé.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpʰe.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈɸe.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈfe.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈfe.tis/

Noun

ἐφέτης • (ephétēs) m (genitive ἐφέτου); first declension

1. commander
   • 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 78–79:

     ἐχυροῖσι πεποιθὼς / στυφελοῖς ἐφέταις

     ekhuroîsi pepoithṑs / stupheloîs ephétais

     trusting in his secure, / harsh generals

2. (in the plural) the Ephetae, a court that judged homicide cases, in ancient Athens
3. judge of appeals

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἐφέτης; τοῦ ἐφέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐφέτης ho ephétēs	τὼ ἐφέτᾱ tṑ ephétā	οἱ ἐφέται hoi ephétai
Genitive	τοῦ ἐφέτου toû ephétou	τοῖν ἐφέταιν toîn ephétain	τῶν ἐφετῶν tôn ephetôn
Dative	τῷ ἐφέτῃ tôi ephétēi	τοῖν ἐφέταιν toîn ephétain	τοῖς ἐφέταις toîs ephétais
Accusative	τὸν ἐφέτην tòn ephétēn	τὼ ἐφέτᾱ tṑ ephétā	τοὺς ἐφέτᾱς toùs ephétās
Vocative	ἐφέτᾰ ephéta	ἐφέτᾱ ephétā	ἐφέται ephétai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἐφέτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἐφέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐφέτης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011