ἐπίσιον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἐπείσιον (epeísion), ἐπίσειον (epíseion)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pǐː.si.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.si.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.si.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.si.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.si.on/
Noun
ἐπί̄σῐον • (epí̄sĭon) n (genitive επῑσίου); second declension
- (anatomy) pubic region, pubic mound
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἐπῑ́σῐον tò epī́sĭon |
τὼ ἐπῑσῐ́ω tṑ epīsĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ἐπῑ́σῐᾰ tằ epī́sĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐπῑσῐ́ου toû epīsĭ́ou |
τοῖν ἐπῑσῐ́οιν toîn epīsĭ́oin |
τῶν ἐπῑσῐ́ων tôn epīsĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐπῑσῐ́ῳ tōî epīsĭ́ōi |
τοῖν ἐπῑσῐ́οιν toîn epīsĭ́oin |
τοῖς ἐπῑσῐ́οις toîs epīsĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἐπῑ́σῐον tò epī́sĭon |
τὼ ἐπῑσῐ́ω tṑ epīsĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ἐπῑ́σῐᾰ tằ epī́sĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπῑ́σῐον epī́sĭon |
ἐπῑσῐ́ω epīsĭ́ō |
ἐπῑ́σῐᾰ epī́sĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: episiotomy
Further reading
- “ἐπίσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press