ἐφόλκαιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐφέλκω (ephélkō, “to drag”) + -ιον (-ion).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pʰól.kai̯.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpʰol.kɛ.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈɸol.cɛ.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈfol.ce.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈfol.ce.on/
Noun
ἐφόλκαιον • (ephólkaion) n (genitive ἐφολκαίου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἐφόλκαιον tò ephólkaion |
τὼ ἐφολκαίω tṑ epholkaíō |
τᾰ̀ ἐφόλκαιᾰ tằ ephólkaiă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐφολκαίου toû epholkaíou |
τοῖν ἐφολκαίοιν toîn epholkaíoin |
τῶν ἐφολκαίων tôn epholkaíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐφολκαίῳ tōî epholkaíōi |
τοῖν ἐφολκαίοιν toîn epholkaíoin |
τοῖς ἐφολκαίοις toîs epholkaíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἐφόλκαιον tò ephólkaion |
τὼ ἐφολκαίω tṑ epholkaíō |
τᾰ̀ ἐφόλκαιᾰ tằ ephólkaiă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐφόλκαιον ephólkaion |
ἐφολκαίω epholkaíō |
ἐφόλκαιᾰ ephólkaiă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐφόλκαιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐφόλκαιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette