εὔπνοια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὔπνοος (eúpnoos, “breathing well”) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ia), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + πνέω (pnéō, “breathe, blow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ěu̯.pnoi̯.a/ → /ˈeɸ.pny.a/ → /ˈef.pni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěu̯.pnoi̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈew.pny.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeɸ.pny.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈef.pny.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈef.pni.a/

Noun

εὔπνοιᾰ • (eúpnoia) f (genitive εὐπνοίᾱς); first declension

1. ease of breathing
2. free blowing
3. fragrance

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εὔπνοιᾰ; τῆς εὐπνοίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εὔπνοιᾰ hē eúpnoia	τὼ εὐπνοίᾱ tṑ eupnoíā	αἱ εὔπνοιαι hai eúpnoiai
Genitive	τῆς εὐπνοίᾱς tês eupnoíās	τοῖν εὐπνοίαιν toîn eupnoíain	τῶν εὐπνοιῶν tôn eupnoiôn
Dative	τῇ εὐπνοίᾳ têi eupnoíāi	τοῖν εὐπνοίαιν toîn eupnoíain	ταῖς εὐπνοίαις taîs eupnoíais
Accusative	τὴν εὔπνοιᾰν tḕn eúpnoian	τὼ εὐπνοίᾱ tṑ eupnoíā	τᾱ̀ς εὐπνοίᾱς tā̀s eupnoíās
Vocative	εὔπνοιᾰ eúpnoia	εὐπνοίᾱ eupnoíā	εὔπνοιαι eúpnoiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “εὔπνοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εὔπνοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εὔπνοια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette