ἐπίγειος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπί (epí, “on”) + γῆ (gê, “earth”) + -ῐος (-ĭos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.ɡeː.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ɡi.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ʝi.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ʝi.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ʝi.os/
Adjective
ἐπίγειος • (epígeios) m or f (neuter ἐπίγειον); second declension
- on or of the earth, terrestrial
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἐπῐ́γειος epĭ́geios |
ἐπῐ́γειον epĭ́geion |
ἐπῐγείω epĭgeíō |
ἐπῐγείω epĭgeíō |
ἐπῐ́γειοι epĭ́geioi |
ἐπῐ́γειᾰ epĭ́geiă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐπῐγείου epĭgeíou |
ἐπῐγείου epĭgeíou |
ἐπῐγείοιν epĭgeíoin |
ἐπῐγείοιν epĭgeíoin |
ἐπῐγείων epĭgeíōn |
ἐπῐγείων epĭgeíōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐπῐγείῳ epĭgeíōi |
ἐπῐγείῳ epĭgeíōi |
ἐπῐγείοιν epĭgeíoin |
ἐπῐγείοιν epĭgeíoin |
ἐπῐγείοις epĭgeíois |
ἐπῐγείοις epĭgeíois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἐπῐ́γειον epĭ́geion |
ἐπῐ́γειον epĭ́geion |
ἐπῐγείω epĭgeíō |
ἐπῐγείω epĭgeíō |
ἐπῐγείους epĭgeíous |
ἐπῐ́γειᾰ epĭ́geiă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπῐ́γειε epĭ́geie |
ἐπῐ́γειον epĭ́geion |
ἐπῐγείω epĭgeíō |
ἐπῐγείω epĭgeíō |
ἐπῐ́γειοι epĭ́geioi |
ἐπῐ́γειᾰ epĭ́geiă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐπῐγείως epĭgeíōs |
ἐπῐγειότερος epĭgeióteros |
ἐπῐγειότᾰτος epĭgeiótătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: επίγειος (epígeios)
Further reading
- “ἐπίγειος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐπίγειος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette