ἐπικράτησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπικρατέω (epikratéō) (from ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ κρατέω (kratéō)) + -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.krá.tɛː.sis/ → /e.piˈkra.ti.sis/ → /e.piˈkra.ti.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.krá.tɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈkra.te̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈkra.ti.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈkra.ti.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈkra.ti.sis/

Noun

ἐπικράτησῐς • (epikrátēsis) f (genitive ἐπικρᾰτήσεως); third declension

1. conquest, victory [+genitive = over]
2. (Byzantine) acquisition, appropriation

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐκρᾰ́τησῐς; τῆς ἐπῐκρᾰτήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐκρᾰ́τησῐς hē epikrátēsis	τὼ ἐπῐκρᾰτήσει tṑ epikratḗsei	αἱ ἐπῐκρᾰτήσεις hai epikratḗseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐκρᾰτήσεως tês epikratḗseōs	τοῖν ἐπῐκρᾰτησέοιν toîn epikratēséoin	τῶν ἐπῐκρᾰτήσεων tôn epikratḗseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐκρᾰτήσει têi epikratḗsei	τοῖν ἐπῐκρᾰτησέοιν toîn epikratēséoin	ταῖς ἐπῐκρᾰτήσεσῐ / ἐπῐκρᾰτήσεσῐν taîs epikratḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐκρᾰ́τησῐν tḕn epikrátēsin	τὼ ἐπῐκρᾰτήσει tṑ epikratḗsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐκρᾰτήσεις tā̀s epikratḗseis
Vocative	ἐπῐκρᾰ́τησῐ epikrátēsi	ἐπῐκρᾰτήσει epikratḗsei	ἐπῐκρᾰτήσεις epikratḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἐπικράτησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐπικράτησις in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “ἐπικράτησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • conquest idem, page 161.