ἤπιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Van Beek, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂pyos (“friendly”). Cognate with Sanskrit आपि (āpí, “ally, friend, confederate”), आप्य (ā́pya, “kind, friendly”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.pi.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe̝.pi.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pi.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pi.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pi.os/

Adjective

ἤπῐος • (ḗpĭos) m (feminine ἠπῐ́ᾱ, neuter ἤπῐον); first/second declension

gentle, kind (of persons, of words, of feelings)
mild, less intense (of temperature)
soothing, assuaging, appeasing

Declension

First and second declension of ἤπῐος; ἠπῐ́ᾱ; ἤπῐον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἤπῐος ḗpĭos	ἠπῐ́ᾱ ēpĭ́ā	ἤπῐον ḗpĭon	ἠπῐ́ω ēpĭ́ō	ἠπῐ́ᾱ ēpĭ́ā	ἠπῐ́ω ēpĭ́ō	ἤπῐοι ḗpĭoi	ἤπῐαι ḗpĭai	ἤπῐᾰ ḗpĭă
Genitive	ἠπῐ́ου ēpĭ́ou	ἠπῐ́ᾱς ēpĭ́ās	ἠπῐ́ου ēpĭ́ou	ἠπῐ́οιν ēpĭ́oin	ἠπῐ́αιν ēpĭ́ain	ἠπῐ́οιν ēpĭ́oin	ἠπῐ́ων ēpĭ́ōn	ἠπῐ́ων ēpĭ́ōn	ἠπῐ́ων ēpĭ́ōn
Dative	ἠπῐ́ῳ ēpĭ́ōi	ἠπῐ́ᾳ ēpĭ́āi	ἠπῐ́ῳ ēpĭ́ōi	ἠπῐ́οιν ēpĭ́oin	ἠπῐ́αιν ēpĭ́ain	ἠπῐ́οιν ēpĭ́oin	ἠπῐ́οις ēpĭ́ois	ἠπῐ́αις ēpĭ́ais	ἠπῐ́οις ēpĭ́ois
Accusative	ἤπῐον ḗpĭon	ἠπῐ́ᾱν ēpĭ́ān	ἤπῐον ḗpĭon	ἠπῐ́ω ēpĭ́ō	ἠπῐ́ᾱ ēpĭ́ā	ἠπῐ́ω ēpĭ́ō	ἠπῐ́ους ēpĭ́ous	ἠπῐ́ᾱς ēpĭ́ās	ἤπῐᾰ ḗpĭă
Vocative	ἤπῐε ḗpĭe	ἠπῐ́ᾱ ēpĭ́ā	ἤπῐον ḗpĭon	ἠπῐ́ω ēpĭ́ō	ἠπῐ́ᾱ ēpĭ́ā	ἠπῐ́ω ēpĭ́ō	ἤπῐοι ḗpĭoi	ἤπῐαι ḗpĭai	ἤπῐᾰ ḗpĭă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἠπῐ́ως ēpĭ́ōs			ἠπῐώτερος ēpĭṓteros			ἠπῐώτᾰτος ēpĭṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἠπιαίνω (ēpiaínō)
Ἠπιόνη (Ēpiónē)
ἠπιότης (ēpiótēs)
ἠπιόφρων (ēpióphrōn)
ἠπιόχειρ (ēpiókheir)

Descendants

Greek: ήπιος (ípios)