Εὐμένης

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

εὖ (eû) +‎ μένος (ménos) +‎ -ης (-ēs)

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Εὐμένης • (Euménēs) m (genitive Εὐμένους); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Eumenes
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Εὐμένης; τοῦ Εὐμένους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Εὐμένης
ho Euménēs
Genitive τοῦ Εὐμένους
toû Euménous
Dative τῷ Εὐμένει
tôi Euménei
Accusative τὸν Εὐμένη
tòn Euménē
Vocative Εὔμενες
Eúmenes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants
  • → Latin: Eumenēs

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Persian *Haumanā (“having a good mind”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Εὐμένης • (Euménēs) m (genitive Εὐμένους); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Eumenes: Eumenes
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Εὐμένης; τοῦ Εὐμένους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Εὐμένης
ho Euménēs
Genitive τοῦ Εὐμένους
toû Euménous
Dative τῷ Εὐμένει
tôi Euménei
Accusative τὸν Εὐμένη
tòn Euménē
Vocative Εὔμενες
Eúmenes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants

References
  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*haumanah”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 120
  2. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.734. *Haumanā-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 199
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