ἐπίθυμον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπι- (epi-) + θύμον (thúmon, “thyme”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.tʰy.mon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.tʰy.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.θy.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.θy.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.θi.mon/
Noun
ἐπίθῠμον • (epíthŭmon) n (genitive ἐπιθῠ́μου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἐπίθῠμον tò epíthŭmon |
τὼ ἐπιθῠ́μω tṑ epithŭ́mō |
τᾰ̀ ἐπίθῠμᾰ tằ epíthŭmă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐπιθῠ́μου toû epithŭ́mou |
τοῖν ἐπιθῠ́μοιν toîn epithŭ́moin |
τῶν ἐπιθῠ́μων tôn epithŭ́mōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐπιθῠ́μῳ tōî epithŭ́mōi |
τοῖν ἐπιθῠ́μοιν toîn epithŭ́moin |
τοῖς ἐπιθῠ́μοις toîs epithŭ́mois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἐπίθῠμον tò epíthŭmon |
τὼ ἐπιθῠ́μω tṑ epithŭ́mō |
τᾰ̀ ἐπίθῠμᾰ tằ epíthŭmă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπίθῠμον epíthŭmon |
ἐπιθῠ́μω epithŭ́mō |
ἐπίθῠμᾰ epíthŭmă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Arabic: أَفْتِيمُون (ʔaftīmūn), أَفْثِيمُون (ʔafṯīmūn), أَفِيتِمُون (ʔafītimūn), أَفِيثِمُون (ʔafīṯimūn), أَفِيتِيمُون (ʔafītīmūn), أَفِيثِيمُون (ʔafīṯīmūn)
- → Arabic: صُعَيْتَرَة (ṣuʕaytara) (calque)
- → Coptic: ⲡⲁⲑⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (pathamoun)
References
- “ἐπίθυμον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐπίθυμον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette