ἐπιμελής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἐπῐ- (epĭ-) + μέλω (mélō, “to care”) + -ης (-ēs)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.me.lɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.pi.meˈle̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.pi.meˈlis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.pi.meˈlis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.pi.meˈlis/
Adjective
ἐπῐμελής • (epĭmelḗs) m or f (neuter ἐπῐμελές); third declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἐπῐμελής epĭmelḗs |
ἐπῐμελές epĭmelés |
ἐπῐμελεῖ epĭmeleî |
ἐπῐμελεῖ epĭmeleî |
ἐπῐμελεῖς epĭmeleîs |
ἐπῐμελῆ epĭmelê | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐπῐμελοῦς epĭmeloûs |
ἐπῐμελοῦς epĭmeloûs |
ἐπῐμελοῖν epĭmeloîn |
ἐπῐμελοῖν epĭmeloîn |
ἐπῐμελῶν epĭmelôn |
ἐπῐμελῶν epĭmelôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐπῐμελεῖ epĭmeleî |
ἐπῐμελεῖ epĭmeleî |
ἐπῐμελοῖν epĭmeloîn |
ἐπῐμελοῖν epĭmeloîn |
ἐπῐμελέσῐ / ἐπῐμελέσῐν epĭmelésĭ(n) |
ἐπῐμελέσῐ / ἐπῐμελέσῐν epĭmelésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἐπῐμελῆ epĭmelê |
ἐπῐμελές epĭmelés |
ἐπῐμελεῖ epĭmeleî |
ἐπῐμελεῖ epĭmeleî |
ἐπῐμελεῖς epĭmeleîs |
ἐπῐμελῆ epĭmelê | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπῐμελές epĭmelés |
ἐπῐμελές epĭmelés |
ἐπῐμελεῖ epĭmeleî |
ἐπῐμελεῖ epĭmeleî |
ἐπῐμελεῖς epĭmeleîs |
ἐπῐμελῆ epĭmelê | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐπῐμελῶς epĭmelôs |
ἐπῐμελέστερος epĭmelésteros |
ἐπῐμελέστᾰτος epĭmeléstătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐπιμελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπιμελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers