ἐπέοικα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπι- (epi-) + ἔοικα (éoika).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pé.oi̯.ka/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpe.y.ka/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpe.y.ka/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpe.y.ka/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpe.i.ka/
Verb
ἐπέοικᾰ • (epéoikă) (chiefly Epic)
- to be like, to suit [with dative]
- (chiefly impersonal) to be fit, proper, seemly [with dative or accusative]
Conjugation
The perfect has present meaning; the pluperfect has imperfect meaning.
Perfect: ἐπέοικᾰ (Epic)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐπέοικᾰ | ἐπέοικᾰς | ἐπέοικε(ν) | ἐπεοίκᾰτον | ἐπεοίκᾰτον | ἐπεοίκᾰμεν | ἐπεοίκᾰτε | ἐπεοίκᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ἐπεοίκω, ἐπεοίκωμῐ |
ἐπεοίκῃς, ἐπεοίκῃσθᾰ |
ἐπεοίκῃ, ἐπεοίκῃσῐ |
ἐπεοίκητον | ἐπεοίκητον | ἐπεοίκωμεν | ἐπεοίκητε | ἐπεοίκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἐπεοίκοιμῐ / ἐπεοικοίην | ἐπεοίκοις / ἐπεοικοίης | ἐπεοίκοι / ἐπεοικοίη | ἐπεοίκοιτον | ἐπεοικοίτην | ἐπεοίκοιμεν | ἐπεοίκοιτε | ἐπεοίκοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ἐπέοικε | ἐπεοικέτω | ἐπεοίκετον | ἐπεοικέτων | ἐπεοίκετε | ἐπεοικόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐπεοικέναι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐπεικώς | |||||||||||
| f | ἐπεικυῖᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ἐπεικός | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐπεῴκειν / ἐπεῴκη | ἐπεῴκεις / ἐπεῴκης | ἐπεῴκει(ν) | ἐπεῴκετον | ἐπεῳκέτην | ἐπεῴκεμεν | ἐπεῴκετε | ἐπεῴκεσᾰν | ||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Further reading
- “ἐπέοικα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐπέοικα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐπέοικε in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐπέοικα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press