κἀνείς | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

The masculine nominative singular of the cardinal numeral "one." It means "one, a single" and is used with a noun to denote a single instance; standing alone, it can function as an indefinite pronoun meaning "a certain one."

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Grammatical Analysis

"κἀνείς"

Case: nominative

Number: singular

Gender: masculine

Origin: contraction of καὶ οὐδεὶς (and no one) in Attic or καὶ εἷς (and one)

Notes: κἀνείς is a crasis (contraction) of καί ('and') + οὐδείς ('no one'), literally 'and no one.' It means 'no one', used mainly in negative or interrogative contexts, and can occasionally function as an adjective depending on clause structure.

Related Forms of εἷς

4 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

εἷς nominative, singular, masculine heis nominative, singular, masculine εις preposition μιᾷ dative, singular, feminine

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