ἐπικράτησις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπικρατέω (epikratéō) (from ἐπι- (epi-) + κρατέω (kratéō)) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.krá.tɛː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.piˈkra.te̝.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.piˈkra.ti.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.piˈkra.ti.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.piˈkra.ti.sis/
Noun
ἐπικράτησῐς • (epikrátēsĭs) f (genitive ἐπικρᾰτήσεως); third declension
- conquest, victory [with genitive ‘over’]
- (Byzantine) acquisition, appropriation
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἐπῐκρᾰ́τησῐς hē epĭkrắtēsĭs |
τὼ ἐπῐκρᾰτήσει tṑ epĭkrătḗsei |
αἱ ἐπῐκρᾰτήσεις hai epĭkrătḗseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐπῐκρᾰτήσεως tês epĭkrătḗseōs |
τοῖν ἐπῐκρᾰτησέοιν toîn epĭkrătēséoin |
τῶν ἐπῐκρᾰτήσεων tôn epĭkrătḗseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐπῐκρᾰτήσει tēî epĭkrătḗsei |
τοῖν ἐπῐκρᾰτησέοιν toîn epĭkrătēséoin |
ταῖς ἐπῐκρᾰτήσεσῐ / ἐπῐκρᾰτήσεσῐν taîs epĭkrătḗsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἐπῐκρᾰ́τησῐν tḕn epĭkrắtēsĭn |
τὼ ἐπῐκρᾰτήσει tṑ epĭkrătḗsei |
τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐκρᾰτήσεις tā̀s epĭkrătḗseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπῐκρᾰ́τησῐ epĭkrắtēsĭ |
ἐπῐκρᾰτήσει epĭkrătḗsei |
ἐπῐκρᾰτήσεις epĭkrătḗseis | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἐπικράτησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐπικράτησις in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- “ἐπικράτησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- conquest idem, page 161.