ἐπίχαρτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιχαίρω (epikhaírō, “rejoice over someone”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + χαίρω (khaírō, “I rejoice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.kʰar.tos/ → /eˈpi.xar.tos/ → /eˈpi.xar.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.kʰar.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.kʰar.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.xar.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.xar.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.xar.tos/

Adjective

ἐπῐ́χᾰρτος • (epíkhartos) m or f (neuter ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον); second declension

1. feeling joy, being delighted, especially over one's enemies.
2. exultant, triumphant

Inflection

Second declension of ἐπῐ́χᾰρτος; ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐ́χᾰρτος epíkhartos	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον epíkharton		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epikhártō	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epikhártō		ἐπῐ́χᾰρτοι epíkhartoi	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτᾰ epíkharta
Genitive		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτου epikhártou	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτου epikhártou		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοιν epikhártoin	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοιν epikhártoin		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτων epikhártōn	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτων epikhártōn
Dative		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτῳ epikhártōi	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτῳ epikhártōi		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοιν epikhártoin	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοιν epikhártoin		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοις epikhártois	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοις epikhártois
Accusative		ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον epíkharton	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον epíkharton		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epikhártō	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epikhártō		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτους epikhártous	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτᾰ epíkharta
Vocative		ἐπῐ́χᾰρτε epíkharte	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον epíkharton		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epikhártō	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epikhártō		ἐπῐ́χᾰρτοι epíkhartoi	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτᾰ epíkharta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτως epikhártōs			ἐπῐχᾰρτότερος epikhartóteros			ἐπῐχᾰρτότᾰτος epikhartótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐπίχαρτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπίχαρτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπίχαρτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • joy idem, page 464.
  • rejoicing idem, page 689.