ἐπιχείρημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐχειρέω (epĭkheiréō, “to endeavour, attempt to”) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐπῐχείρημᾰ • (epĭkheírēmă) n (genitive ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτος); third declension

  1. undertaking, attempt, especially of a military enterprise
  2. base of operations against
  3. (in Aristotle) attempted, i.e. dialectical proof
    Antonym: φῐλοσόφημᾰ (phĭlosóphēmă)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἐπῐχείρημᾰ; τοῦ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἐπῐχείρημᾰ
tò epĭkheírēmă 		τὼ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτε
tṑ epĭkheirḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτᾰ
tằ epĭkheirḗmătă
Genitive τοῦ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτος
toû epĭkheirḗmătos 		τοῖν ἐπῐχειρημᾰ́τοιν
toîn epĭkheirēmắtoin 		τῶν ἐπῐχειρημᾰ́των
tôn epĭkheirēmắtōn
Dative τῷ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτῐ
tōî epĭkheirḗmătĭ 		τοῖν ἐπῐχειρημᾰ́τοιν
toîn epĭkheirēmắtoin 		τοῖς ἐπῐχειρήμᾰσῐ / ἐπῐχειρήμᾰσῐν
toîs epĭkheirḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ ἐπῐχείρημᾰ
tò epĭkheírēmă 		τὼ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτε
tṑ epĭkheirḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτᾰ
tằ epĭkheirḗmătă
Vocative ἐπῐχείρημᾰ
epĭkheírēmă 		ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτε
epĭkheirḗmăte 		ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτᾰ
epĭkheirḗmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἐπῐχειρημᾰτῐκός (epĭkheirēmătĭkós)

Further reading

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