ἐπιγλωσσίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epiglōttís) — Attic

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epi-, “upon, over”) +‎ γλωσσῐ́ς (glōssís, “glottis, mouth of the windpipe”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɡlɔːs.sís/ → /e.pi.ɣlosˈsis/ → /e.pi.ɣloˈsis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɡlɔːs.sís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɡlosˈsis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɣlosˈsis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɣlosˈsis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɣloˈsis/

Noun

ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς • (epiglōssís) f (genitive ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δος); third declension

1. (anatomy) The valve which covers the larynx; epiglottis.
2. (anatomy) The valve of the vocal chords.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς; τῆς ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς hē epiglōssís	τὼ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δε tṑ epiglōssíde	αἱ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δες hai epiglōssídes
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δος tês epiglōssídos	τοῖν ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δοιν toîn epiglōssídoin	τῶν ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δων tôn epiglōssídōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δῐ têi epiglōssídi	τοῖν ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δοιν toîn epiglōssídoin	ταῖς ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́σῐν taîs epiglōssísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δᾰ tḕn epiglōssída	τὼ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δε tṑ epiglōssíde	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δᾰς tā̀s epiglōssídas
Vocative	ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς epiglōssís	ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δε epiglōssíde	ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δες epiglōssídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• “ἐπιγλωσσίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press