ἐπίνοια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπινοέω (epinoéō, “to invent, contrive”) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.noi̯.a/ → /eˈpi.ny.a/ → /eˈpi.ni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.noi̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ny.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ny.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ny.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ni.a/

Noun

ἐπῐ́νοιᾰ • (epínoia) f (genitive ἐπινοίᾱς); first declension

1. power of thought, imagination, inventiveness

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐπῐ́νοιᾰ; τῆς ἐπῐνοίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐ́νοιᾰ hē epínoia	τὼ ἐπῐνοίᾱ tṑ epinoíā	αἱ ἐπῐ́νοιαι hai epínoiai
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐνοίᾱς tês epinoíās	τοῖν ἐπῐνοίαιν toîn epinoíain	τῶν ἐπῐνοιῶν tôn epinoiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐνοίᾳ têi epinoíāi	τοῖν ἐπῐνοίαιν toîn epinoíain	ταῖς ἐπῐνοίαις taîs epinoíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐ́νοιᾰν tḕn epínoian	τὼ ἐπῐνοίᾱ tṑ epinoíā	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐνοίᾱς tā̀s epinoíās
Vocative	ἐπῐ́νοιᾰ epínoia	ἐπῐνοίᾱ epinoíā	ἐπῐ́νοιαι epínoiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐπίνοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπίνοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπίνοια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G1963 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • design idem, page 215.
  • intention idem, page 449.
  • mind idem, page 530.
  • plan idem, page 617.
  • project idem, page 653.
  • purpose idem, page 659.
  • scheme idem, page 739.
  • thought idem, page 868.
  • will idem, page 979.