Ἔφεσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Luwian Apa-ša ("later-city"), cognates with ἐπί ("on, over").

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἔφεσος • (Éphesos) f (genitive Ἐφέσου); second declension

  1. Ephesus (an ancient Ionian city in western Anatolia, near Selçuk in modern İzmir Province, Turkey)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Ἔφεσος; τῆς Ἐφέσου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἔφεσος
hē Éphesos
Genitive τῆς Ἐφέσου
tês Ephésou
Dative τῇ Ἐφέσῳ
tēî Ephésōi
Accusative τὴν Ἔφεσον
tḕn Épheson
Vocative Ἔφεσε
Éphese
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • Ἐφεσήϊα (Ephesḗïa)
  • Ἐφεσηοκίκης (Ephesēokíkēs)
  • Ἐφεσία (Ephesía)
  • Ἐφέσιος (Ephésios)
  • Ἐφεσίς (Ephesís)

Descendants

  • Greek: Έφεσος (Éfesos)
  • → Armenian: Եփեսոս (Epʻesos)
  • → Latin: Ephesus
  • → Ottoman Turkish: افس (efes)

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