εὐνοῦχος

See also: ευνούχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compound of εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed”) +‎ ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”); literally, someone who takes care of the nuptial chamber, a chamberlain.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.nûː.kʰos/ → /eˈβnu.xos/ → /eˈvnu.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.nûː.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ewˈnu.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈβnu.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈvnu.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈvnu.xos/

Noun

εὐνοῦχος • (eunoûkhos) m (genitive εὐνούχου); second declension

1. castrated person, eunuch

   Synonyms: γᾰ́λλος (gállos), σπᾰ́δων (spádōn)

2. castrated animal
3. date fruit without stone

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ εὐνοῦχος ho eunoûkhos	τὼ εὐνούχω tṑ eunoúkhō	οἱ εὐνοῦχοι hoi eunoûkhoi
Genitive	τοῦ εὐνούχου toû eunoúkhou	τοῖν εὐνούχοιν toîn eunoúkhoin	τῶν εὐνούχων tôn eunoúkhōn
Dative	τῷ εὐνούχῳ tôi eunoúkhōi	τοῖν εὐνούχοιν toîn eunoúkhoin	τοῖς εὐνούχοις toîs eunoúkhois
Accusative	τὸν εὐνοῦχον tòn eunoûkhon	τὼ εὐνούχω tṑ eunoúkhō	τοὺς εὐνούχους toùs eunoúkhous
Vocative	εὐνοῦχε eunoûkhe	εὐνούχω eunoúkhō	εὐνοῦχοι eunoûkhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ὁ εὐνοῦχος; τοῦ εὐνούχου (Attic)

Derived terms

• εὐνουχεῖον (eunoukheîon)
• εὐνουχίας (eunoukhías)
• εὐνουχίζω (eunoukhízō)
• εὐνουχισμός (eunoukhismós)
• εὐνουχιστής (eunoukhistḗs)
• εὐνουχοειδής (eunoukhoeidḗs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: ευνούχος (evnoúchos)
• → Latin: eunūchus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “εὐνοῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εὐνοῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εὐνοῦχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette