ἐπίκουρος
See also: Ἐπίκουρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + an unattested word, perhaps deriving from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-, with cognates such as Latin currō.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.kuː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ku.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ku.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ku.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ku.ros/
Adjective
ἐπίκουρος • (epíkouros) m or f (neuter ἐπίκουρον); second declension
- assisting, aiding
- defending
- (masculine substantive) helper, ally, assister
- (masculine substantive) mercenary, hireling
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἐπίκουρος epíkouros |
ἐπίκουρον epíkouron |
ἐπικούρω epikoúrō |
ἐπικούρω epikoúrō |
ἐπίκουροι epíkouroi |
ἐπίκουρᾰ epíkoură | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐπικούρου epikoúrou |
ἐπικούρου epikoúrou |
ἐπικούροιν epikoúroin |
ἐπικούροιν epikoúroin |
ἐπικούρων epikoúrōn |
ἐπικούρων epikoúrōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐπικούρῳ epikoúrōi |
ἐπικούρῳ epikoúrōi |
ἐπικούροιν epikoúroin |
ἐπικούροιν epikoúroin |
ἐπικούροις epikoúrois |
ἐπικούροις epikoúrois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἐπίκουρον epíkouron |
ἐπίκουρον epíkouron |
ἐπικούρω epikoúrō |
ἐπικούρω epikoúrō |
ἐπικούρους epikoúrous |
ἐπίκουρᾰ epíkoură | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπίκουρε epíkoure |
ἐπίκουρον epíkouron |
ἐπικούρω epikoúrō |
ἐπικούρω epikoúrō |
ἐπίκουροι epíkouroi |
ἐπίκουρᾰ epíkoură | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐπικούρως epikoúrōs |
ἐπικουρότερος epikouróteros |
ἐπικουρότᾰτος epikourótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “ἐπίκουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπίκουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐπίκουρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐπίκουρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐπίκουρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐπίκουρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.