ἐφέδρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pʰé.draː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpʰe.dra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈɸe.ðra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈfe.ðra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈfe.ðra/
Noun
ἐφέδρᾱ • (ephédrā) f (genitive ἐφέδρᾱς); first declension
- sitting by or before a place
- siege, blockade
- surface of a threshold
- wood horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum)
- Synonym: ἵππουρις (híppouris)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἐφέδρᾱ hē ephédrā |
τὼ ἐφέδρᾱ tṑ ephédrā |
αἱ ἐφέδραι hai ephédrai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐφέδρᾱς tês ephédrās |
τοῖν ἐφέδραιν toîn ephédrain |
τῶν ἐφεδρῶν tôn ephedrôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐφέδρᾳ tēî ephédrāi |
τοῖν ἐφέδραιν toîn ephédrain |
ταῖς ἐφέδραις taîs ephédrais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἐφέδρᾱν tḕn ephédrān |
τὼ ἐφέδρᾱ tṑ ephédrā |
τᾱ̀ς ἐφέδρᾱς tā̀s ephédrās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐφέδρᾱ ephédrā |
ἐφέδρᾱ ephédrā |
ἐφέδραι ephédrai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐφεδράζω (ephedrázō)
- ἐφέδρανον (ephédranon)
- ἐφεδρεία (ephedreía)
- ἐφέδρευσις (ephédreusis)
- ἐφεδρεύω (ephedreúō)
- ἐφεδρήσσω (ephedrḗssō)
- ἐφεδρίζω (ephedrízō)
- ἐφεδρισμός (ephedrismós)
- ἐφεδριστήρ (ephedristḗr)
- ἔφεδρος (éphedros)
Descendants
- → Translingual: Ephedra
Further reading
- “ἐφέδρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐφέδρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐφέδρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette