ἐπίλυτρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπι- (epi-) + λύτρα (lútra, “ransom”) + -ος (-os)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.ly.tros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ly.tros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ly.tros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ly.tros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.li.tros/
Adjective
ἐπίλυτρος • (epílutros) m or f (neuter ἐπίλυτρον); second declension
- set at liberty for a ransom
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἐπῐ́λῠτρος epĭ́lŭtros |
ἐπῐ́λῠτρον epĭ́lŭtron |
ἐπῐλῠ́τρω epĭlŭ́trō |
ἐπῐλῠ́τρω epĭlŭ́trō |
ἐπῐ́λῠτροι epĭ́lŭtroi |
ἐπῐ́λῠτρᾰ epĭ́lŭtră | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐπῐλῠ́τρου epĭlŭ́trou |
ἐπῐλῠ́τρου epĭlŭ́trou |
ἐπῐλῠ́τροιν epĭlŭ́troin |
ἐπῐλῠ́τροιν epĭlŭ́troin |
ἐπῐλῠ́τρων epĭlŭ́trōn |
ἐπῐλῠ́τρων epĭlŭ́trōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐπῐλῠ́τρῳ epĭlŭ́trōi |
ἐπῐλῠ́τρῳ epĭlŭ́trōi |
ἐπῐλῠ́τροιν epĭlŭ́troin |
ἐπῐλῠ́τροιν epĭlŭ́troin |
ἐπῐλῠ́τροις epĭlŭ́trois |
ἐπῐλῠ́τροις epĭlŭ́trois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἐπῐ́λῠτρον epĭ́lŭtron |
ἐπῐ́λῠτρον epĭ́lŭtron |
ἐπῐλῠ́τρω epĭlŭ́trō |
ἐπῐλῠ́τρω epĭlŭ́trō |
ἐπῐλῠ́τρους epĭlŭ́trous |
ἐπῐ́λῠτρᾰ epĭ́lŭtră | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπῐ́λῠτρε epĭ́lŭtre |
ἐπῐ́λῠτρον epĭ́lŭtron |
ἐπῐλῠ́τρω epĭlŭ́trō |
ἐπῐλῠ́τρω epĭlŭ́trō |
ἐπῐ́λῠτροι epĭ́lŭtroi |
ἐπῐ́λῠτρᾰ epĭ́lŭtră | ||||||||
| Notes: |
| |||||||||||||
Further reading
- ἐπίλυτρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐπίλυτρος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἐπίλυτρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press