Ἐπίδαμνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

May be related to or derived from Proto-Albanian *dami (“cub”), whence Albanian dem, as proposed by linguist Eqrem Çabej.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἐπίδαμνος • (Epídamnos) f (genitive Ἐπῐδάμνου); second declension

  1. Epidamnus, later called Dyrrhachium and Durrës, Albania

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Ἐπῐ́δᾰμνος; τῆς Ἐπῐδᾰ́μνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἐπῐ́δᾰμνος
hē Epĭ́dămnos
Genitive τῆς Ἐπῐδᾰ́μνου
tês Epĭdắmnou
Dative τῇ Ἐπῐδᾰ́μνῳ
tēî Epĭdắmnōi
Accusative τὴν Ἐπῐ́δᾰμνον
tḕn Epĭ́dămnon
Vocative Ἐπῐ́δᾰμνε
Epĭ́dămne
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Επίδαμνος (Epídamnos)
  • → Latin: Epidamnus

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997). Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz. Leiden Studies in Indo-European (in German). Vol. 7. Amsterdam, Atlanta: Brill.
  2. ^ Demiraj 1997, pp. 128–29.v

Further reading

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009
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