ἐπίσωτρον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἐπίσσωτρον (epíssōtron), ὀπίσσωτρον (opíssōtron)
Etymology
From ἐπι- (epi-, upon) + σῶτρον (sôtron, “wooden felloe”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.sɔː.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.so.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.so.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.so.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.so.tron/
Noun
ἐπῐ́σωτρον • (epĭ́sōtron) n (genitive ἐπῐσώτρου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἐπῐ́σωτρον tò epĭ́sōtron |
τὼ ἐπῐσώτρω tṑ epĭsṓtrō |
τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́σωτρᾰ tằ epĭ́sōtră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐπῐσώτρου toû epĭsṓtrou |
τοῖν ἐπῐσώτροιν toîn epĭsṓtroin |
τῶν ἐπῐσώτρων tôn epĭsṓtrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐπῐσώτρῳ tōî epĭsṓtrōi |
τοῖν ἐπῐσώτροιν toîn epĭsṓtroin |
τοῖς ἐπῐσώτροις toîs epĭsṓtrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἐπῐ́σωτρον tò epĭ́sōtron |
τὼ ἐπῐσώτρω tṑ epĭsṓtrō |
τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́σωτρᾰ tằ epĭ́sōtră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπῐ́σωτρον epĭ́sōtron |
ἐπῐσώτρω epĭsṓtrō |
ἐπῐ́σωτρᾰ epĭ́sōtră | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐπίσωτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐπίσωτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette