ἐπιχώριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) +‎ χώρᾱ (khṓrā, “country”, adjective suffix) +‎ -ιος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.kʰɔ̌ː.ri.os/ → /e.piˈxo.ri.os/ → /e.piˈxo.ri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.kʰɔ̌ː.ri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈkʰo.ri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈxo.ri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈxo.ri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈxo.ri.os/

Adjective

ἐπῐχώρῐος • (epikhṓrios) m (feminine ἐπῐχωρίᾱ, neuter ἐπῐχώρῐον); first/second declension

1. in or of the country
   1. (of persons) native
   2. (of things) of or used in the country, custom, fashion

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐπῐχώρῐος; ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱ; ἐπῐχώρῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐχώρῐος epikhṓrios	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱ epikhōríā	ἐπῐχώρῐον epikhṓrion		ἐπῐχωρῐ́ω epikhōríō	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱ epikhōríā	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ω epikhōríō		ἐπῐχώρῐοι epikhṓrioi	ἐπῐχώρῐαι epikhṓriai	ἐπῐχώρῐᾰ epikhṓria
Genitive		ἐπῐχωρῐ́ου epikhōríou	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱς epikhōríās	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ου epikhōríou		ἐπῐχωρῐ́οιν epikhōríoin	ἐπῐχωρῐ́αιν epikhōríain	ἐπῐχωρῐ́οιν epikhōríoin		ἐπῐχωρῐ́ων epikhōríōn	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ων epikhōríōn	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ων epikhōríōn
Dative		ἐπῐχωρῐ́ῳ epikhōríōi	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾳ epikhōríāi	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ῳ epikhōríōi		ἐπῐχωρῐ́οιν epikhōríoin	ἐπῐχωρῐ́αιν epikhōríain	ἐπῐχωρῐ́οιν epikhōríoin		ἐπῐχωρῐ́οις epikhōríois	ἐπῐχωρῐ́αις epikhōríais	ἐπῐχωρῐ́οις epikhōríois
Accusative		ἐπῐχώρῐον epikhṓrion	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱν epikhōríān	ἐπῐχώρῐον epikhṓrion		ἐπῐχωρῐ́ω epikhōríō	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱ epikhōríā	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ω epikhōríō		ἐπῐχωρῐ́ους epikhōríous	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱς epikhōríās	ἐπῐχώρῐᾰ epikhṓria
Vocative		ἐπῐχώρῐε epikhṓrie	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱ epikhōríā	ἐπῐχώρῐον epikhṓrion		ἐπῐχωρῐ́ω epikhōríō	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱ epikhōríā	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ω epikhōríō		ἐπῐχώρῐοι epikhṓrioi	ἐπῐχώρῐαι epikhṓriai	ἐπῐχώρῐᾰ epikhṓria
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐπῐχωρῐ́ως epikhōríōs				ἐπῐχωρῐώτερος epikhōriṓteros				ἐπῐχωρῐώτᾰτος epikhōriṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Italian: epicorio

Further reading

• “ἐπιχώριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπιχώριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπιχώριος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἐπιχώριος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • indigenous idem, page 433.
  • inhabitant idem, page 440.
  • local idem, page 497.
  • national idem, page 551.
  • native idem, page 551.
  • resident idem, page 702.
  • vernacular idem, page 948.