Γανυμήδης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Socrates in Xenophon's Symposium (8.29–30) implies the etymology γᾰ́νῠμαι (gánumai, “to be glad”) + μήδεᾰ (mḗdea, “plans”) + -ης (-ēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡa.ny.mɛ̌ː.dɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡa.nyˈme.des/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣa.nyˈmi.ðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣa.nyˈmi.ðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣa.niˈmi.ðis/
Proper noun
Γᾰνῠμήδης • (Ganumḗdēs) m (genitive Γᾰνῠμήδεος or Γᾰνῠμήδους); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Γᾰνῠμήδης Ganumḗdēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | Γᾰνῠμήδεος Ganumḗdeos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | Γᾰνῠμήδει / Γᾰνῠμήδεῐ̈ Ganumḗdei / Ganumḗdeï | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | Γᾰνῠμήδεᾰ Ganumḗdea | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Γᾰνῠ́μηδες Ganúmēdes | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. | ||||||||||||
Descendants
References
- Γανυμήδης in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Γανυμήδης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2018)
- Γανυμήδης in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011
Greek
Proper noun
Γανυμήδης • (Ganymídis) m
- (Greek mythology) A male given name, equivalent to English Ganymede
- (astronomy) Ganymede (a moon of Jupiter)
Declension
Declension of Γανυμήδης (Ganymídis)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Γανυμήδης • |
| genitive | Γανυμήδη • |
| accusative | Γανυμήδη • |
| vocative | Γανυμήδη • |
Further reading
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