ἔπεφνον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰékʷʰnon, a reduplicated second aorist from zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-, which also gives θείνω (theínō, “to strike”). The labiovelar *gʷʰ developed into a different consonant in each verb. See that entry for cognates.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.pe.pʰnon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.pe.pʰnon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.pe.ɸnon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.pe.fnon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.pe.fnon/
Verb
ἔπεφνον • (épephnon)
Inflection
Aorist: ἔπεφνον
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔπεφνον | ἔπεφνες | ἔπεφνε(ν) | ἐπέφνετον | ἐπεφνέτην | ἐπέφνομεν | ἐπέφνετε | ἔπεφνον | ||||
| subjunctive | πέφνω | πέφνῃς | πέφνῃ | πέφνητον | πέφνητον | πέφνωμεν | πέφνητε | πέφνωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | πέφνοιμῐ | πέφνοις | πέφνοι | πέφνοιτον | πεφνοίτην | πέφνοιμεν | πέφνοιτε | πέφνοιεν | |||||
| imperative | πέφνε | πεφνέτω | πέφνετον | πεφνέτων | πέφνετε | πεφνόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | πεφνεῖν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | πεφνών | |||||||||||
| f | πεφνοῦσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | πεφνόν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: πέφνον Epic, Lyric
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | πέφνον | πέφνες | πέφνε(ν) | πέφνετον | πεφνέτην | πέφνομεν | πέφνετε | πέφνον | ||||
| subjunctive | πέφνω | πέφνῃς | πέφνῃ | πέφνητον | πέφνητον | πέφνωμεν | πέφνητε | πέφνωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | πέφνοιμῐ | πέφνοις | πέφνοι | πέφνοιτον | πεφνοίτην | πέφνοιμεν | πέφνοιτε | πέφνοιεν | |||||
| imperative | πέφνε | πεφνέτω | πέφνετον | πεφνέτων | πέφνετε | πεφνόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | πεφνεῖν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | πεφνών | |||||||||||
| f | πεφνοῦσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | πεφνόν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
- κατέπεφνον (katépephnon)
- φᾰτός (phătós)
- φόνος (phónos)
References
- “θείνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔπεφνον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἔπεφνον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963