ἔμπειρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐν- (en-, “in”) + πεῖρα (peîra, “a trial, experiment, attempt”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ém.peː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈem.pi.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈem.pi.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈem.pi.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈem.bi.ros/
Adjective
ἔμπειρος • (émpeiros) m or f (neuter ἔμπειρον); second declension
- experienced or practiced in a thing, acquainted with it
- Antonym: ἄπειρος (ápeiros)
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἔμπειρος émpeiros |
ἔμπειρον émpeiron |
ἐμπείρω empeírō |
ἐμπείρω empeírō |
ἔμπειροι émpeiroi |
ἔμπειρᾰ émpeiră | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐμπείρου empeírou |
ἐμπείρου empeírou |
ἐμπείροιν empeíroin |
ἐμπείροιν empeíroin |
ἐμπείρων empeírōn |
ἐμπείρων empeírōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐμπείρῳ empeírōi |
ἐμπείρῳ empeírōi |
ἐμπείροιν empeíroin |
ἐμπείροιν empeíroin |
ἐμπείροις empeírois |
ἐμπείροις empeírois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἔμπειρον émpeiron |
ἔμπειρον émpeiron |
ἐμπείρω empeírō |
ἐμπείρω empeírō |
ἐμπείρους empeírous |
ἔμπειρᾰ émpeiră | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἔμπειρε émpeire |
ἔμπειρον émpeiron |
ἐμπείρω empeírō |
ἐμπείρω empeírō |
ἔμπειροι émpeiroi |
ἔμπειρᾰ émpeiră | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐμπείρως empeírōs |
ἐμπειρότερος empeiróteros |
ἐμπειρότᾰτος empeirótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐμπειρία (empeiría)
Descendants
- Greek: έμπειρος (émpeiros)
Further reading
- “ἔμπειρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔμπειρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔμπειρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔμπειρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- acquainted with idem, page 8.
- adept idem, page 11.
- adroit idem, page 13.
- authority idem, page 53.
- conversant idem, page 173.
- exerienced idem, page 291.
- expert idem, page 294.
- familiar idem, page 305.
- home idem, page 403.
- judge idem, page 465.
- knowing idem, page 471.
- learned idem, page 483.
- master idem, page 517.
- mistress idem, page 536.
- practised idem, page 631.
- proficient idem, page 653.
- seasoned idem, page 746.
- skilled idem, page 780.
- trained idem, page 886.
- tried idem, page 895.
- understanding idem, page 913.
- up idem, page 937.
- used to idem, page 940.
- versed in idem, page 948.
- veteran idem, page 949.