ἐπιγονατίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, upon) +‎ γόνυ (gónu, “knee”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́ς • (epĭgonătĭ́s) f (genitive ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δος); third declension

  1. (anatomy) kneecap, rotula
  2. garment reaching to the knee

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́ς; τῆς ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́ς
hē epĭgonătĭ́s 		τὼ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δε
tṑ epĭgonătĭ́de 		αἱ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δες
hai epĭgonătĭ́des
Genitive τῆς ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δος
tês epĭgonătĭ́dos 		τοῖν ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δοιν
toîn epĭgonătĭ́doin 		τῶν ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δων
tôn epĭgonătĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δῐ
tēî epĭgonătĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δοιν
toîn epĭgonătĭ́doin 		ταῖς ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́σῐν
taîs epĭgonătĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δᾰ
tḕn epĭgonătĭ́dă 		τὼ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δε
tṑ epĭgonătĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s epĭgonătĭ́dăs
Vocative ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́ς
epĭgonătĭ́s 		ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δε
epĭgonătĭ́de 		ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δες
epĭgonătĭ́des
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

  • Greek: επιγονατίδα (epigonatída)

References

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