εἶρος

Ancient Greek

This word ultimately continues *ϝέρϝος (*wérwos), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥h₁ḗn (“lamb”), the same root of Latin vervēx (“wether”) and ἀρήν (arḗn, “lamb”).

εἶρος • (eîros) n (genitive εἴρεος); third declension

Third declension of τὸ εἶρος; τοῦ εἴρεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ εἶρος tò eîros	τὼ εἴρεε tṑ eíree	τᾰ̀ εἴρεᾰ tà eírea
Genitive	τοῦ εἴρεος toû eíreos	τοῖν εἰρέοιν toîn eiréoin	τῶν εἰρέων tôn eiréōn
Dative	τῷ εἴρεῐ̈ tôi eíreï	τοῖν εἰρέοιν toîn eiréoin	τοῖς εἴρεσῐ / εἴρεσῐν toîs eíresi(n)
Accusative	τὸ εἶρος tò eîros	τὼ εἴρεε tṑ eíree	τᾰ̀ εἴρεᾰ tà eírea
Vocative	εἶρος eîros	εἴρεε eíree	εἴρεᾰ eírea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.