ἐπιτάφιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, “over, on”) +‎ τάφος (táphos, “tomb”) +‎ -ιος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.tá.pʰi.os/ → /e.piˈta.ɸi.os/ → /e.piˈta.fi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.tá.pʰi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈta.pʰi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈta.ɸi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈta.fi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈta.fi.os/

Adjective

ἐπῐτᾰ́φῐος • (epitáphios) m or f (neuter ἐπῐτᾰ́φῐον); second declension

1. over or at a tomb, funereal

Inflection

Second declension of ἐπῐτᾰ́φῐος; ἐπῐτᾰ́φῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐτᾰ́φῐος epitáphios	ἐπῐτᾰ́φῐον epitáphion		ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́ω epitaphíō	ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́ω epitaphíō		ἐπῐτᾰ́φῐοι epitáphioi	ἐπῐτᾰ́φῐᾰ epitáphia
Genitive		ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́ου epitaphíou	ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́ου epitaphíou		ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́οιν epitaphíoin	ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́οιν epitaphíoin		ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́ων epitaphíōn	ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́ων epitaphíōn
Dative		ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́ῳ epitaphíōi	ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́ῳ epitaphíōi		ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́οιν epitaphíoin	ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́οιν epitaphíoin		ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́οις epitaphíois	ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́οις epitaphíois
Accusative		ἐπῐτᾰ́φῐον epitáphion	ἐπῐτᾰ́φῐον epitáphion		ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́ω epitaphíō	ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́ω epitaphíō		ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́ους epitaphíous	ἐπῐτᾰ́φῐᾰ epitáphia
Vocative		ἐπῐτᾰ́φῐε epitáphie	ἐπῐτᾰ́φῐον epitáphion		ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́ω epitaphíō	ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́ω epitaphíō		ἐπῐτᾰ́φῐοι epitáphioi	ἐπῐτᾰ́φῐᾰ epitáphia
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπῐτᾰφῐ́ως epitaphíōs			ἐπῐτᾰφῐώτερος epitaphiṓteros			ἐπῐτᾰφῐώτᾰτος epitaphiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: epitaphium

Further reading

• “ἐπιτάφιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐπιτάφιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Epitaphios on Wikipedia.Wikipedia