Εὔξεινος

See also: εὔξεινος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Εὔξενος (Eúxenos) (verse)

Etymology

By ellipsis from εὔξεινος (“welcoming, friendly”) [πόντος (“sea”)].

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Εὔξεινος • (Eúxeinos) m (genitive Εὐξείνου); second declension

  1. Euxine Sea; Black Sea

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Εὔξεινος; τοῦ Εὐξείνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Εὔξεινος
ho Eúxeinos
Genitive τοῦ Εὐξείνου
toû Euxeínou
Dative τῷ Εὐξείνῳ
tôi Euxeínōi
Accusative τὸν Εὔξεινον
tòn Eúxeinon
Vocative Εὔξεινε
Eúxeine
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • English: Euxine
  • Greek: Εύξεινος (Éfxeinos)
  • Latin: Euxinus

Further reading
  • “Εὔξεινος”, 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 1,010
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