εἰλαπίνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
No clear etymology. According to Beekes, it could well be of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eː.la.pí.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.laˈpi.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.laˈpi.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.laˈpi.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.laˈpi.ni/
Noun
εἰλᾰπῐ́νη • (eilăpĭ́nē) f (genitive εἰλᾰπῐ́νης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ εἰλᾰπῐ́νη hē eilăpĭ́nē |
τὼ εἰλᾰπῐ́νᾱ tṑ eilăpĭ́nā |
αἱ εἰλᾰπῐ́ναι hai eilăpĭ́nai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς εἰλᾰπῐ́νης tês eilăpĭ́nēs |
τοῖν εἰλᾰπῐ́ναιν toîn eilăpĭ́nain |
τῶν εἰλᾰπῐνῶν tôn eilăpĭnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ εἰλᾰπῐ́νῃ tēî eilăpĭ́nēi |
τοῖν εἰλᾰπῐ́ναιν toîn eilăpĭ́nain |
ταῖς εἰλᾰπῐ́ναις taîs eilăpĭ́nais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν εἰλᾰπῐ́νην tḕn eilăpĭ́nēn |
τὼ εἰλᾰπῐ́νᾱ tṑ eilăpĭ́nā |
τᾱ̀ς εἰλᾰπῐ́νᾱς tā̀s eilăpĭ́nās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | εἰλᾰπῐ́νη eilăpĭ́nē |
εἰλᾰπῐ́νᾱ eilăpĭ́nā |
εἰλᾰπῐ́ναι eilăpĭ́nai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- εἰλᾰπῐνᾰ́ζω (eilăpĭnắzō)
- εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστής (eilăpĭnăstḗs)
- εἰλᾰπῐνουργός (eilăpĭnourgós)
Further reading
- “εἰλαπίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εἰλαπίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “εἰλαπίνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- εἰλαπίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- εἰλαπίνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- εἰλαπίνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “εἰλαπίνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 382